tie, bind, contract, join
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.
まあ、結局うまくいってよかったです。
Maa, kekkyoku umaku itte yokatta desu.
Well, at least it all worked out in the end.
この店、結構シンプルだね。
Kono mise, kekkou shinpuru da ne.
This place is pretty simple, huh?
画面は結果でいっぱいになりましたが、どれも安心できるものではありませんでした。
Gamen wa kekka de ippai ni narimashita ga, dore mo anshin dekiru mono de wa arimasen deshita.
The screen filled up with results, and none of them were reassuring.
結婚記念日、二週間後だね。
Kekkon kinenbi, nishuukango da ne.
Our wedding anniversary is in two weeks.
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