U+5EC3 "廃" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+5EC3 "廃" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) that also appears in Japanese and Korean writing systems, where it functions as a variant or simplified form of the character often meaning "abolish," "discard," "waste," or "to abandon." In Japanese, this character is particularly common as a shinjitai (simplified form) of the traditional character 廢, and it appears in words like "廃止" (haishi, meaning abolition), "廃墟" (haikyo, meaning ruins), and "廃棄物" (haikibutsu, meaning waste matter). Its structure combines the radical for "building" or "shelter" (广) with components related to "hair" and "to strike," reflecting its historical association with discarding or making something obsolete.