whole, entire, all, complete
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.
お弁当、全部で五つお願いします！
Obentou, zenbu de itsutsu onegaishimasu!
Five bentos in total, please!
ここでは全然違うな…
Koko de wa zenzen chigau na...
She's so different here...
そして、少しずつ揺れが弱くなって、完全に止まりました。
Soshite, sukoshizutsu yure ga yowaku natte, kanzen ni tomarimashita.
And little by little, the shaking eased off, until it stopped completely.
そうだね。そのほうが全体にも合うと思う。
Sou da ne. Sono hou ga zentai ni mo au to omou.
They are. They match the rest better too.
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