linen, cloth, spread, distribute
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.
他のおにぎりはどうですか？鮭や昆布もありますよ。
Hoka no onigiri wa dou desu ka? Sake ya konbu mo arimasu yo.
How about another onigiri? We also have salmon and kombu seaweed.
中には、簡単な舞台と、床にいくつかの座布団があります。
Naka ni wa, kantan na butai to, yuka ni ikutsuka no zabuton ga arimasu.
Inside, there's a small simple stage, and a few cushions on the floor.
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