counter for bows & stringed instruments, stretch, spread, put up (tent)
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.
僕の方がタナカより緊張してる気がする。
Boku no hou ga Tanaka yori kinchou shiteru ki ga suru.
I think I'm more nervous than you are.
実は、ゆきさんはルーカスがどれだけ日本語を頑張っているか、よく知っていました。
Jitsu wa, Yuki-san wa Rūkasu ga dore dake nihongo o ganbatte iru ka, yoku shitte imashita.
Actually, Yuki knew how hard Lucas had been working to practice Japanese.
二つのチームは、全力でロープを引っ張りました。
Futatsu no chiimu wa, zenryoku de roopu wo hippparimashita.
The two teams pulled the rope with everything they had.
ルーカスさんは緊張しながら座り、待合室の他の人たちを見ていました。
Rūkasu-san wa kinchou shinagara suwari, machiaishitsu no hoka no hitotachi o mite imashita.
Lucas sat down, nervous, watching the other people in the waiting room.
今週は出張でいないけど、みんなで行ったって聞いたら喜ぶと思うよ。
Konshuu wa shucchou de inai kedo, minna de itta tte kiitara yorokobu to omou yo.
He's away on a business trip this week, but he'll be happy to hear we went.
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