Today’s #kanji is 辞, which is listed under the radical of #しん（辛）. 辞 used to be considered an informal variant of 辭, which is a compound ideograph made of the left side of 辭 (I cannot bring it up onto the computer), which means to control and 辛 means “a sin.” Therefore 辭 apparently originally meant “to judge a sin/crime.”
Meaning: to quit, to decline, a word
Reading: ジ、や
辞意（ジイ）: one’s resolution to resign
辞書（ジショ）: a dictionary
辞職（ジショク）する: to resign, to leave one’s employment
辞表（ジヒョウ）: a (written) resignanation, a letter of resignation
お世辞（セジ）: an insincere compliment, flattery, blarney
固辞（コジ）する: to firmly decline
賛辞（サンジ）: a praise, a compliment
祝辞（シュクジ）: a congratulatory speech, a message of congratulations
弔辞（チョウジ）: a eulogy, a letter of sympathy, words of condolence
辞（や）める: to resign, to retire, to quit (one’s job)
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