accept, undergo, answer (phone), take
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.
何十年も前、店主にラーメンの作り方を教えた師匠から受け継いだものでした。
Nanjuunen mo mae, tenshu ni raamen no tsukurikata o oshieta shishou kara uketsuida mono deshita.
It came from the master who taught the owner how to make ramen, decades ago.
受付は混んでいましたが、整理されていました。
Uketsuke wa konde imashita ga, seiri sarete imashita.
The waiting room was packed, but organized.
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