Today’s #kanji is #徒, which is listed under the radical of #ぎょうにんべん（彳）. But according to my 大修館書店漢和辞典, its semantic element is 辵, which is the original form of #しんにょう with the meaning of “going and stopping,” and its phonetic element is 土, which has the meaning of soil. So can you guess what it means?
Meaning: walking, in vain Reading: ト、あだ*、いたずら*、かち*、ただ*、むだ*
徒歩（トホ）: n. walking, going on foot 徒労（トロウ）: n. wasted effort, lost labour, a vain attempt 信徒（シント）: n. a believer, a follower 生徒（セイト）: n. a student (usually Years 7 to 12) unlisted readings 徒（あだ）: なadj. empty, useless, frivolous 徒（いたずら）に: adv. in vain, vainly, for mothing 御徒町（おかちまち）: n. a place name 徒（ただ）の: exp. free, gratis, common, ordinary (more common to use the kanji 只) 徒（むだ）: なadj. useless, fruitless, futile, ineffective, wasteful (more common to write it as 無駄)
ぎょうにんべん
しんにょう
土
退
18 September, 2023
Today's #kanji is 退, which is listed under #しんにょう（辶）, which suggests something to ...
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