TSUMUGU · B2 · 字
棄
ㄑㄧˋ · qì
verb — to abandon, throw away, give up
字源 FORM — what the parts do
棄形rendered bare — hands casting a child away
The old graph stacks two hands (廾) below, a basket or pole in the middle, and an upside-down child (𠫓) on top — hands lifting a newborn out to cast it away. The whole picture means to abandon: 拋棄、放棄.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
兩隻手（廾）把一個倒著的嬰孩（𠫓）高高舉起，往外一拋。
Two hands (廾) lift an upended child (𠫓) high and cast it out.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)拋棄、棄置— to cast away, abandon常用
→放棄、捨棄— to give up, relinquish
⇒棄權— to forfeit, abstain
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
弃qìthe simplified variant — 弃 keeps the hands and the inverted child but drops the middle element