Today’s #kanji is #雑 is listed under the radical of #ふるとり（隹） but 雑 is an informal version of 雜 which in turn is a variant of 襍. 襍 is made of its semantic element of #ころもへん（衤） and phonetic element of 集 which has the meaning of “gathering,” so can you guess what 雑 originally meant?
Meaning: miscellaneous, rough
Reading: ザツ（ザッ）、ゾウ
雑貨（ザッカ）: [noun] miscellaneous goods, sundries
雑学（ザツガク）: [noun] wide knowledge, varied knowledge, knowledge of trivia
雑誌（ザッシ）: [noun] a magazine, a journal, a periodical
雑種（ザッシュ）: [noun] a mixed breed, a crossbred, a hybrid
雑多（ザッタ）: [なadj] sundry, miscellaneous, varied
雑務（ザツム）: [noun] miscellaneous business, odd duties
混雑（コンザツ）する: [vi] to be congested, to be crowded
複雑（フクザツ）: [なadj] complicated, complex, intricate
雑言（ゾウゴン）: [noun] abuse, curse
雑作（ゾウサ）: [noun] trouble, difficulty (can be written 造作 as well.)
- ふるとり
