together, both, neither, all
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.
お墓の前で、三人はお菓子を分け合いながら、お年寄りへの感謝と、亡くなった人への思いを共にしました。
Ohaka no mae de, sannin wa okashi wo wakeai nagara, otoshiyori e no kansha to, nakunatta hito e no omoi wo tomo ni shimashita.
Right there, in front of the grave, the three of them ate the sweet together, honoring both the respect owed to elders and the memory of someone gone.
Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Decomposition: KRADFILE · Both from Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data from 2026-09-07 · Strokes: KanjiVG, Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0