every
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.
毎日、同じ棚に行きます。
Mainichi, onaji tana ni ikimasu.
Every day, he goes to the same shelf.
毎朝、ルーカスはコンビニに行きます。
Mai asa, Rūkasu wa konbini ni ikimasu.
Every morning, Lucas goes to the convenience store.
何年も前、フジコさんは夫と一緒に、毎週この公園の同じベンチに通っていました。
Nan-nen mo mae, Fujiko-san wa otto to issho ni, maishuu kono kouen no onaji benchi ni kayotte imashita.
Years ago, Fujiko and her husband used to go to that park together every week, always to the same bench.
毎年、この時期になるとこのお菓子を作るのよ。
Maitoshi, kono jiki ni naru to kono okashi wo tsukuru no yo.
Every year, around this time, I make this sweet.
お母さんが毎年秋に作ってくれたの。
Okaasan ga maitoshi aki ni tsukutte kureta no.
My mom made it every autumn.
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