add, addition, increase, join
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.
カオリとケンタは、他の親子たちとチームに加わりました。
Kaori to Kenta wa, hoka no oyakotachi to chiimu ni kuwawarimashita.
Kaori and Kenta joined the team with the other parents and kids.
数分後、祖父母のかけっこの参加者が呼ばれました。
Suufungo, sofubo no kakekko no sankasha ga yobaremashita.
A few minutes later, they called for entrants in the grandparents' race.
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