to abandon; to relinquish; to discard; to throw away
Simplified form of 棄. Pictograph of two hands (廾) putting a child (子) in a basket (其) for the purpose of abandoning or disposing with it. The traditional component 其 was removed for simplification.
《說文》：“棄，捐也。从廾推棄之，从，，逆子也。弃，古文棄。”