fond, pleasing, like something
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.
私は、朝が好きです。静かですから。
Watashi wa, asa ga suki desu. Shizuka desu kara.
I like the morning shift. It's calmer around here.
お弁当はみんなに大好評でした。
Obentou wa minna ni daikouhyou deshita.
The bentos were a big hit with everyone.
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