wish, sense, idea, thought
Came from Chinese. It usually shows up when the kanji is joined to another, forming a compound word.
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.
念のためよ。余震が来るかもしれないから。
Nen no tame yo. Yoshin ga kuru kamoshirenai kara.
Just as a precaution. You never know if an aftershock is coming.
一円の価値もあるよ。念のため、もう一度着てみたいな。
Ichien no kachi mo aru yo. Nen no tame, mou ichido kite mitai na.
Worth every yen. I want to try it on again, just to be sure.
それは残念。じゃあ、他のを見てみようか。
Sore wa zannen. Jaa, hoka no wo mite miyou ka.
That's a shame. Well, let's look at other options, then.
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