an element of a kanji character; a kanji radical.

酒: sake, alcohol-based beverage / 鮭, 鮏: salmon / 梟: old reading for 梟 (fukurō) / 裂け, 割け: stem form of verb 裂ける, 割ける (sakeru, “to be split apart; to tear”) / 避け: stem form of verb 避ける (sakeru, “to avoid”)

"sake" radical (さけづぐり) / "bird of the zodiac" radical (ひよみのとり, とりへん) / rooster (tenth sign of the Chinese zodiac)

the Rooster, the tenth of the twelve Earthly Branches

the Rooster, the tenth of the twelve Earthly Branches

making by hand or by oneself

to pack up

the making of something, particularly as in cultivation

(architecture) a thatched roof with high, steep rafters / traditional architecture featuring such roofs

cliff / Only used in placenames in Shizuoka Prefecture.