music, comfort, ease
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.
楽しみです！たくさん使ってみます！
Tanoshimi desu! Takusan tsukatte mimasu!
I can't wait! I'm going to use it a lot!
彼女は急がず、散歩を楽しみながら歩き続けました。
Kanojo wa isogazu, sanpo o tanoshiminagara arukitsuzukemashita.
She kept walking, no rush, just enjoying the stroll.
ルーカスさんはずっと楽になって病院を出ました。
Rūkasu-san wa zutto raku ni natte byouin o demashita.
Lucas left the hospital feeling a lot better.
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