Word Meaning 棄教

ききょう kikyou

棄教 is read as ききょう (kikyou) and means apostasy.

Meaning

English

apostasy
renunciation (e.g. of a religion)
defection

Reading

Kana

ききょう

Romaji

kikyou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 64100 Priority K

Related Vocabulary

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棄権

きけん

abstention (from voting)

棄却

ききゃく

rejection

棄損

きそん

damage

棄民

きみん

abandoned people (people left to fend for themselves after a war or natural disaster)

棄市

きし

execution by decapitation followed by public display of the body (form of punishment in ancient China)

棄言葉

すてことば

sharp parting remark

棄約

きやく

breaking a promise

棄世

きせい

death

棄て去る

すてさる

to abandon

棄権者

きけんしゃ

non-voter

棄背

きはい

giving up and turning back

棄老

きろう

historical or legendary practice of abandoning old people in the mountains, etc.

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ききょう姫 Kikyou-hime