row, and, besides, as well as
Came from Chinese. It usually shows up when the kanji is joined to another, forming a compound word.
It is Japanese. It usually shows up when the kanji stands alone or is followed by hiragana.
The order matters: it is what makes handwriting come out legible, and it is how dictionaries index the character.
Visual decomposition, for recognising and comparing — not always the character's origin.
Where it appears is highlighted — the translation doesn't always make that visible.
子供たちはクラスごとに、グラウンドに並びました。
Kodomotachi wa kurasu goto ni, guraundo ni narabimashita.
The kids lined up on the field, class by class.
エプロンを着けて、材料を並べました。
Epuron wo tsukete, zairyou wo narabemashita.
He put on an apron and laid out the ingredients.
Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Decomposition: KRADFILE · Both from Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data from 2026-10-22 · Strokes: KanjiVG, Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0