Today’s #kanji is 球, which is listed under its semantic element of #たまへん（玉/王). Its phonetic element is 求. It seems that 球 was considered a lot more precious in the olden days than it currently is.
Meaning: a ball, a sphere, a globe,etc.
Reading: キュウ、たま（だま）
球（キュウ）: a sphere, a globe, a ball, a bulb
球技（キュウギ）: a game in which a ball is used, a ball game; billiards
球根（キュウコン）: 【plant】a bulb
球状（キュウジョウ）: the shape of a globe, a spherical shape
球面（キュウメン）: a spherical surface
地球（チキュウ）: the earth, the planet Earth, the globe
電球（デンキュウ）: an electric bulb, an incandescent lamp
野球（ヤキュウ）: baseball
球（たま）; a ball, an electric bulb
球（たま）拾（ひろ）い: picking up a ball, a ball boy/girl
隠（かく）し球（だま）: an ace up one’s sleeve, a trump held back to be played when negotiations threaten to break down; 【baseball】 a hidden-ball trick
- たまへん
