store, shop
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.
店主は無駄口をきかず、素早く手を動かしていました。
Tenshu wa mudaguchi o kikazu, subayaku te o ugokashite imashita.
The owner worked fast, without saying a word more than necessary.
ルーカスがまだ知らないのは、あの飴が店の普通のおまけじゃないということ。
Rūkasu ga mada shiranai no wa, ano ame ga mise no futsuu no omake ja nai to iu koto.
What Lucas still doesn't know is that candy isn't the store's usual freebie.
ルーカス!信じられないよ。さっき店員さんが棚に商品を補充してたの。
Ruukasu! Shinjirarenai yo. Sakki tenin-san ga tana ni shouhin wo hojuu shiteta no.
Lucas! You're not going to believe this. An employee was restocking the shelf just now.
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