Today’s #kanji is 刻, which is listed under its semantic element of #りっとう(刂), which means a sword. Its phonetic element is 亥 although 刻 and 亥 don’t share a sound

Today’s #kanji is 刻, which is listed under its semantic element of #りっとう(刂), which means a sword. Its phonetic element is 亥 although 刻 and 亥 don’t share a sound
This week’s #kanji is 判, which is made of its semantic element #りっとう(刂) and phonetic element of 半. 刂 is a sword, so its original meaning was to cut things apart
Today’s #kanji is #別, which is a compound ideograph between 冎 and 刂. 冎 apparently is the original form of…
Today’s first #kanji is #前 which is listed under the radical of #りっとう(刂). Be careful that the top 3 strokes…
Today’s second #kanji is #帰. I believe most kanji dictionaries list this under the radical of はば(巾). Originally this kanji…