oneself
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.
今日、ここに来る道でちょっとだけ迷ったの。公園自体は目をつぶってても分かるわよ！
Kyou, koko ni kuru michi de chotto dake mayotta no. Kouen jitai wa me o tsubuttete mo wakaru wa yo!
I only got a little lost coming here today. The park itself, I know like the back of my hand!
工場まで、自転車で二十分です。
Koujou made, jitensha de nijuppun desu.
The factory is twenty minutes away by bike.
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