promise, approximately, shrink
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.
はい！そこで会う約束をしてたんです！
Hai! Soko de au yakusoku o shitetan desu!
Yeah! We arranged to meet there!
あ…ちょっと…約束があるの!
A... chotto... yakusoku ga aru no!
Ah... it's just... an appointment!
今日は全部うまくできました…それに、節約もできました！
Kyou wa zenbu umaku dekimashita… soreni, setsuyaku mo dekimashita!
Today I got everything right — and I even saved money!
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