think
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.
だって…迷子になったと思ったから！
Datte… maigo ni natta to omotta kara!
I... I thought you'd gotten lost!
それ以来、彼は誰にも同じ思いをさせないようにしています。
Sore irai, kare wa dare ni mo onaji omoi o sasenai you ni shite imasu.
Ever since, he's made sure no one else goes through the same thing.
この新米を見ると、思い出すことがあるな。
Kono shinmai wo miru to, omoidasu koto ga aru na.
This new rice reminds me of something.
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