turn, number in a series
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.
うん、食べたことあるよ。でも一番好きなわけじゃないな。
Un, tabeta koto aru yo. Demo ichiban suki na wake janai na.
Yes, but it's not my favorite.
今まで食べた中で一番おいしいお菓子だったの。これはおにぎりの形をした「ありがとう」だよ。
Ima made tabeta naka de ichiban oishii okashi datta no. Kore wa onigiri no katachi o shita "arigatou" da yo.
It was one of the best sweets I've ever had. This is just a "thank you" in onigiri form.
電話はつながらず、そのまま留守番電話になりました。
Denwa wa tsunagarazu, sono mama rusuban denwa ni narimashita.
The call didn't even go through — it went straight to voicemail.
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