废

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to abolish; to abandon; to abrogate; to discard; to depose; to oust; crippled; abandoned; waste

Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

Components 广发

discard · Heisig RSH #1303

cave + courier

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
不以人废言	bù yǐ rén fèi yán	not to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on the merits…
废物点心	fèi wù diǎn xin	(coll.) a good-for-nothing; a loser
放射性废物	fàng shè xìng fèi wù	radioactive waste
以人废言	yǐ rén fèi yán	to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on preference bet…
低放射性废物	dī fàng shè xìng fèi wù	low-level waste
核废物	hé fèi wù	nuclear waste
计划性报废	jì huà xìng bào fèi	planned obsolescence
说废话	shuō fèi huà	to talk nonsense; to bullshit
废人	fèi rén	handicapped person; useless person
废水	fèi shuǐ	waste water; drain water; effluent
废气	fèi qì	exhaust gas; industrial waste gas
三废	sān fèi	three types of waste product, namely: waste water 廢水\|废水[fei4 shui3], exhaust gas 廢氣\|废气[fei…
废物	fèi wù	rubbish; waste material; useless person
废时	fèi shí	to waste time
作废	zuò fèi	to become invalid; to cancel; to delete; to nullify
计划报废	jì huà bào fèi	planned obsolescence
百废具兴	bǎi fèi jù xīng	variant of 百廢俱興\|百废俱兴[bai3 fei4 ju4 xing1]
百废待兴	bǎi fèi dài xīng	many things waiting to be done (idiom); a thousand things to do
报废	bào fèi	to scrap; to dispose of (sth worn-out or damaged)
废然	fèi rán	depressed; dejected

Characters sharing the sound component 发 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
发 sound part	fā	to issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair
酦	pō	to ferment, to brew
袯	bó	raincoat