engrave, cut fine, chop, hash
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.
あと二十分しかない！遅刻しちゃう！
Ato nijuppun shika nai! Chikoku shichau!
Only twenty minutes left! I'm going to be late!
ラファエルは最後まで残り、もう一度時刻表を確認していました。
Rafaeru wa saigo made nokori, mou ichido jikokuhyou o kakunin shite imashita.
Rafael stayed until the end, checking the schedule board one more time.
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