practice, gloss, train, drill
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.
あの日、私は新しい話を練習していました。
Ano hi, watashi wa atarashii hanashi o renshuu shite imashita.
That day, I was rehearsing a new story.
ロールプレイでカラオケみたいに練習したり、いろんなモードのフラッシュカードで単語を覚えたりもできる。
You can practice roleplay like karaoke, and memorize vocabulary with flashcards in different interactive modes.
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