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捨てる

すてる

to throw away

Mnemonic

A hand on the left, opening. Everything else in the character is what it was holding until a second ago. Steer すて it into the bin: すてる.

Worth knowing

捨てる is discarding on purpose. 落とす おとす is dropping by accident, which is the difference that matters.

Built from

throw away
扌 a hand on the left, opening. The rest of the character is what it was holding.

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