Today’s second #kanji is #書, which is listed under the radical of #ひらび(曰). The top part 聿 means “a brush” although these days it’s more common to use the kanji 筆 for that.
Meaning: to write, a document, a book
Reading: ショ(ジョ)、か(が)
書店(ショテン): a book shop, a book store
書道(ショドウ): calligraphy, penmanship
書物(ショモツ): a book, a volume
読書(ドクショ): reading
白書(ハクショ): a white paper
聖書(セイショ); the Bible
古文書(コモンジョ/コブンショ): ancient documents, archives
書(か)く: to write (a letter, a story), to compose
書(か)き初(ぞ)め: the first calligraphy of the year, the New Year’s calligraphy exercise
但(ただ)し書(が)き: a proviso, a conditional clause
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