candy, cakes, fruit
Came from Chinese. It usually shows up when the kanji is joined to another, forming a compound word.
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.
家にもうお菓子があるからよ。
Ie ni mou okashi ga aru kara yo.
Because we already have candy at home.
まあ、今回は迷わなかっただけマシか…消えたのはお菓子だけ。
Maa, konkai wa mayowanakatta dake mashi ka… kieta no wa okashi dake.
Well, at least I didn't get lost this time... just the sweet that vanished.
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