Today’s #kanji is 際, 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 祭 which has the meaning of “touching.”
Meaning: a point of contact, a side, an edge
Reading: サイ（ザイ）、きわ（ぎわ）
際限（サイゲン）: limits, an end, bounds
交際（コウサイ）する: to associate with …, to go out with …, to have social relations with…
国際（コクサイ）: relationship between contries. 国際 itself is a noun, but it is never used alone. It is usually added to another noun with the meaning of “international.”
国際会議: an international conference
国際空港: an international airport
国際結婚: (an) international marriage
この際（サイ）: now, on this occasion, at this time
金輪際（コンリンザイ）: never, not at all, by no means, on no account （≒決して）
実際（ジッサイ）: the truth, reality, an actual condition; really, indeed
Ｆor more examples for 際（サイ）, please read ～さい（際）
際（きわ）: a side, an edge, a brink, a verge
崖の際: the edge of a cliff
橋の際に/で: near a bridge, close to the bridge
窓際（まどぎわ）に/で at the window
山際（やまぎわ）: the ridge of a mountain, the foot of a mountain
不手際（フてぎわ）: clumsiness, awkwardness, lack of skill, failure
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- こざとへん
陽
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