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.
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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.
彼は歩き続け、もっとちゃんと食べようと自分に約束しました。
Kare wa arukitsuzuke, motto chanto tabeyou to jibun ni yakusoku shimashita.
He kept walking, promising himself he'd eat better.
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