bull's eye, mark, target, object
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.
それは紺より薄いよ。いいけど、実用的じゃないかな。
Sore wa kon yori usui yo. Ii kedo, jitsuyouteki ja nai kana.
That one's thinner than the navy. Nice, but not as practical.
最終的に決める前に、ちょっと外で確認してくるね。
Saishuuteki ni kimeru mae ni, chotto soto de kakunin shite kuru ne.
Before we decide for good, let me go check something outside.
こうして、思いがけない虫と、危うく逃したコートのあいだで、ルーカスはこの上なく直接的に、季節に合わせて服を選ぶということを学んだのでした。
Koushite, omoigakenai mushi to, ayauku nogashita kooto no aida de, Ruukasu wa kono ue naku chokusetsuteki ni, kisetsu ni awasete fuku wo erabu to iu koto wo mananda no deshita.
And so, between an unexpected moth and a nearly-missed coat, Lucas learned -- the most direct way possible -- what it means to dress for the season.
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