salute, bow, ceremony, thanks
Came from Chinese. It usually shows up when the kanji is joined to another, forming a compound word.
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.
いつも手伝ってくれるお礼がしたくて。
Itsumo tetsudatte kureru orei ga shitakute.
I wanted to thank you for always helping me out.
お礼を言うのはこっちよ、孫の面倒を見てくれて。
Orei o iu no wa kocchi yo, mago no mendou o mite kurete.
I'm the one who should be thanking you, for looking after my grandson.
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