Today’s #kanji is 居, which is listed under its semantic element of #しかばねかんむり(尸), which shows association with “corpse.” 居’s phonetic element is 古.
Meaning: to be, to exist
Reading: キョ、コ*、い、お*
居住(キョジュウ)する: to live, to reside, to dwell
居留(キョリュウ)する: to reside, to dwell, to live
隠居(インキョ): retirement (from active life), abdication of the headship of a family; a retired person
住居(ジュウキョ): a dwelling, a family house, a residence
別居(ベッキョ): separation, limited divorce
居(い/お)る: to be, to exist, to live, to inhabit
居心地(いごこチ)がよい: be comfortable, feel at home
居留守(いルス)を使(つか)う: to pretend to be out, do not answer the door/phone
芝居(しばい): a play, a drama, a show, a theater; playacting, acting
Difficult reading
居士(コジ): a suffix attached to a man’s Buddhist name.
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