heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)
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.
それでも、ゆきさんは、そんなに心配そうなケンタを一人で走らせるつもりはありませんでした。
Sore demo, Yuki-san wa, sonna ni shinpaisou na Kenta o hitori de hashiraseru tsumori wa arimasen deshita.
Even so, Yuki wasn't going to let Kenta run off alone, looking so worried.
実は、毎朝、同じ味が安心します。
Jitsu wa, mai asa, onaji aji ga anshin shimasu.
Actually, the same flavor every day makes him feel at ease.
でも、彼の心臓はあまり納得していないようでした。
Demo, kare no shinzou wa amari nattoku shite inai you deshita.
But his heart didn't seem too convinced.
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