Today’s #kanji is 盗, which is listed under the radical of #さら（皿）. 盗 is originally written as 盜 which is a compound ideograph made of 皿, a dish full of food, and 㳄 whose original form is 涎, drool.
Meaning: to steal, to do something secretly
Reading: トウ、ぬす
盗撮（トウサツ）: sneak photography, photography with a hidden camera
盗賊（トウゾク）: a thief, a robber, a burglar
盗聴（トウチョウ）: wiretapping, bugging, listening in
盗難（トウナン）: suffering (a) theft, being robbed
盗品（トウヒン）: stolen goods, a stolen article
盗塁（トウルイ）: 【baseball】 base stealing, a steal
強盗（ゴウトウ）: a robber, a mugger; (a) robbery, a holdup
窃盗（セットウ）: (a) theft, stealing
盗（ぬす）む: to steal, to rob; to plagiarize; to do something surreptitiously
盗人（ぬすっと/ぬすびと）: a thief, a pilferer, a robber
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