come, due, next, cause
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.
そうだね。来年また買い直すより、一度でちゃんとしたものを買うのがいいよ。
Sou da ne. Rainen mata kainaosu yori, ichido de chanto shita mono wo kau no ga ii yo.
True. I'd rather spend once and get it right than buy again next year.
実は、ルーカスさんが毎日来るのを見ていました。
Jitsu wa, Rūkasu-san ga mainichi kuru no o mite imashita.
Actually, she'd noticed that Lucas showed up every day.
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.
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