reflect, reflection, projection
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.
テレビには、もう地震の地図が映っていて、どこが一番強かったか見せていました。
Terebi ni wa, mou jishin no chizu ga utsutte ite, doko ga ichiban tsuyokatta ka misete imashita.
On TV, the earthquake map was already on screen, showing where it had been strongest.
後ろでは、タナカのテレビが、この地域の電車が念のため止まっているというニュースを映していました。
Ushiro de wa, Tanaka no terebi ga, kono chiiki no densha ga nen no tame tomatte iru to iu nyuusu wo utsushite imashita.
In the background, on Tanaka's TV, the news was showing the regional train stopped as a precaution.
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