Today’s #kanji is #面, which makes its own radical, #めん, Some say it is a pictograph depicting the contour of a face and a neck. Others say it is a compound ideograph between the contour of the head/neck and a face-mask.
腹
Today’s #kanji is #腹, which is made of its semantic element of #にくづき(月) and phonetic element of 复. 复 has a meaning of “to cover.” Do you know what it means then?
背
Today’s #kanji is #背, which is made of its semantic element of #にくづき(月) and phonetic element of 北, although 背 and 北 don’t share a sound.
身
Today’s #kanji is #身, which makes its own radical #みへん. It is a pictograph depicting a pregnant woman.
馬
Today’s #kanji is #馬, which makes its own radical, #うまへん. It is a pictogram with a horse’s head, mane, tail and legs.
程
Today’s #kanji is #程, which is listed its semantic element of #のぎへん(禾). Its phonetic element is 呈. 禾 is for “grains” and 呈 has the same meaning as 第, an ordinal.
猫
Today’s #kanji is #猫, which is made of its semantic element of #けものへん(犭) and phonetic element of 苗. So do you know the Onyomi for this character?
予
Today’s #kanji is #予, which is listed under the radical of #はねぼう(亅)and it is a pictograph depicting a hand forcibly giving things. Can you tell what each of these examples means?
必
Today’s #kanji is #必, which is listed under the radical of #こころ(心) but its original form was made of its semantic element of 弋 (the original form of 杙) and phonetic element of 八, though 必 and 八 do not share a sound.
適
Today’s #kanji is #適, which is listed under the semantic element of #しんにょう(辶), which represents an association with roads. Its phonetic element is 啇 which means to go.
直
Today’s #kanji is #直, which is listed under its semantic element of 目. It used to be written differently and its phonetic element is a character similar to 丨, though 直 and 丨 do not share a sound.
単
Today’s #kanji is #単, which is listed under the radical of #つかんむり(ツ) in my dictionary. There seems to be more than one theory regarding how this character was developed …
他
Today’s #kanji is #他, which is made of its semantic element of #にんべん(亻) and phonetic element of 也, though 他 and 也 don’t share a sound.
常
Today’s #kanji is #常, which is made of its semantic element of #はばへん(巾) and phonetic element of 尚, though 常 and 尚 don’t share quite the same sound.
初
Today’s #kanji is #初, which is a compound ideograph between 刀 and 衣(the left hand side 衤 is called ころもへん). It has 5 different readings.
次
Today’s #kanji is #次. It is listed under the radical of #けんづくり(欠) that is also its semantic element with the meaning of “yawning.” Its phonetic element is 二.
共
Today’s #kanji is #共 which is listed under the radical of #はち (八) and is a compound ideograph between 廿…
最
Today’s #kanji is #最, which is listed under #にちへん(日) but it is apparently a compound ideograph between 冃 (“risking” or “covering”) and 取 (“to take”).
更
Today’s #kanji is 更 listed under #ひらび(日) but it apparently is made of its semantic element of 攴(ボク) and phonetic element of 丙 though 丙 and 更 don’t share a sound
互
Today’s #kanji is #互, which is listed under the radical of #に(二). Apparently it is a pictograph depicting a rope twisted around 2 bamboo rods.