location, place
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.
今日、ルーカスが働いている工場で、面白いことがありました。
Kyou, Rūkasu ga hataraite iru koujou de, omoshiroi koto ga arimashita.
Today, at the factory where Lucas works, something funny happened.
今でも、いつもと同じ場所ね。
Ima demo, itsumo to onaji basho ne.
It's still the same spot as always.
野菜売り場で、おばあちゃんはゆっくりリストを進めていきました。
Yasai uriba de, obaachan wa yukkuri risuto o susumete ikimashita.
In the produce aisle, Fujiko worked through her list at an easy pace.
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