degrees, occurrence, time, counter for occurrences
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.
うん、何度も食べたことあるよ。
Un, nando mo tabeta koto aru yo.
Yes, many times.
今度は、丁寧な言葉とカジュアルな言葉を、もっと教えますよ。
Kondo wa, teinei na kotoba to kajuaru na kotoba o, motto oshiemasu yo.
Next time, I'll teach you more formal and casual phrases.
ラファエルは最後まで残り、もう一度時刻表を確認していました。
Rafaeru wa saigo made nokori, mou ichido jikokuhyou o kakunin shite imashita.
Rafael stayed until the end, checking the schedule board one more time.
震度4だっただけよ。もっとひどいのも経験したことあるから。
Shindo yon datta dake yo. Motto hidoi no mo keiken shita koto aru kara.
That was just a shindo 4. I've been through way worse than this.
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