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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.
本当に、何か特別な調味料でも？
Hontou ni, nanika tokubetsu na choumiryou demo?
Really, is there some special seasoning?
こうして、「だめ」だらけの一日は、味噌おにぎりと無料のソフトクリームで締めくくられたのでした。
Koushite, "dame" darake no ichinichi wa, miso onigiri to muryou no sofuto kuriimu de shimekukurareta no deshita.
And that's how a day full of "no" ended with a miso onigiri and a free scoop of ice cream.
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