Today’s #kanji is 除, which is listed under its semantic element of #こざとへん（阝）, which means a hill, the earth, etc. Its phonetic element is 余, although 除 and 余 don’t share a sound in Japanese.
Meaning: to remove, to eliminate
Reading: ジョ、ジ、のぞ、よ*
除外（ジョガイ）する: to exclude, to except, to exempt
除去（ジョキョ）する: to remove, to get rid of, to eradicate
除名（ジョメイ）する: to take a person’s name off, to remove a person’s name, to eject a person
解除（カイジョ）する: to cancel, to terminate, to rescind; to release, to relieve, to lift (a ban)
削除（サクジョ）する: to delete, to cross out, to erase
排除（ハイジョ）する: to exclude, to remove, to eliminate
免除（メンジョ）する: to exempt, to release, to discharge
掃除（ソウジ）: cleaning, sweeping, dusting, wiping, etc.
除（のぞ）く: to remove, to take away, to get rid of …, to eliminate
Unofficial reading
虫（むし）除（よ）け: an insect repellent
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- こざとへん
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