straightaway, honesty, frankness, fix
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.
間違えるたびに、最初からやり直します。
Machigaeru tabi ni, saisho kara yarinaoshimasu.
Every time I mess up a part, I start over from the beginning.
そして、始まる直前、聞き覚えのある声が彼女を呼びました。
Soshite, hajimaru chokuzen, kikioboe no aru koe ga kanojo wo yobimashita.
And right as it was about to start, a familiar voice called out to her.
そうだね。来年また買い直すより、一度でちゃんとしたものを買うのがいいよ。
Sou da ne. Rainen mata kainaosu yori, ichido de chanto shita mono wo kau no ga ii yo.
True. I'd rather spend once and get it right than buy again next year.
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 2026-10-22 · Strokes: KanjiVG, Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0