to renounce; to abandon; to give up
放 · 8 strokes
Phonosemantic compound. 攵 represents the meaning and 方 represents the sound.
弃 · 7 strokes
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.