end, close, tip, powder
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.
どうぞ。良い週末を、お二人とも!
Douzo. Yoi shuumatsu o, ofutari tomo!
Here you go. Have a great weekend, you two!
もしもし、お母さん?今週末、みんなでお父さんのお墓で会うのはどう?
Moshi moshi, okaasan? Konshuumatsu, minna de otousan no ohaka de au no wa dou?
Hi, Mom? What if we all met at Dad's grave this weekend?
大きな頑張りの末、チームは勝ちました。
Ookina ganbari no sue, chiimu wa kachimashita.
After a big effort, their team won.
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