fall, drop, come down, village
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.
落ち着け、ルーカス…ネットの大袈裟だよ、きっと。
Ochitsuke, Rūkasu... netto no oogesa da yo, kitto.
Calm down, Lucas... it's probably the internet being dramatic.
落語は、とても古い日本の伝統芸です。
Rakugo wa, totemo furui Nihon no dentougei desu.
Rakugo is a very old traditional Japanese art.
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