Today’s #kanji is 側, which is listed under its semantic element of #にんべん(亻), which suggests a connection with a person. Its phonetic element is 則.
Meaning: side, nearby Reading: ソク(ソッ)、がわ、そば、はた
側近(ソッキン): an aide, one’s personal staff, a brains trust 側室(ソクシツ): a concubine 側面(ソクメン): the side, the flank, a side face 体側(タイソク): the side of a body
裏側(うらがわ): the back, the other/wrong side 縁側(エンがわ):
the (external) corridor with a boarded floor, and usually with sliding glass doors, running along the outer side of a traditional Japanese house;
the (tasty) flesh from around the base of the dorsal and ventral fins of a flounder or flatfish
外側(そとがわ): the outside, the outer side, the exterior 反対側(ハンタイがわ): the other side, the opposite side, the opposition 右側(みぎがわ): the right, the right side 両側(リョウがわ): either side, both sides
Customary Reading 側(そば/はた): a side, nearby
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23 July, 2022
Today's #kanji is 偶, which is listed under its semantic element of #にんべん(亻), which s...
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