request, want, wish for, require
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.
食べ終わった時、店主は約束していたデザート代を請求しませんでした。
Tabeowatta toki, tenshu wa yakusoku shite ita dezaato-dai o seikyuu shimasen deshita.
When they finished, the owner didn't even charge for the dessert he'd offered.
それだけ。でも、体がもっとバランスを求めてるよ。
Sore dake. Demo, karada ga motto baransu o motometeru yo.
That's it. But your body's asking for a bit more balance.
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