# 廃 — Obsolete

Frequency rank 981 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 謝 (Apologize), less common than 秀 (Excel).

- On’yomi: はい
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 广 Dotted Cliff (Kangxi 53)
- Frequency path: Level VIII of XX

A cliff on the left towers over a building on the right — a building at the edge of a cliff, abandoned and obsolete.

In words:

- 廃れる すたれる — to go out of use;to become obsolete;to die out;to go out of fashion
- 廃止 はいし — abolition;repeal
- 廃棄 はいき — annullment;disposal;abandon;scrap;discarding;repeal

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