acknowledge, witness, discern, recognize
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.
着くと、ラファエルはもう入り口で時計を確認していました。
Tsuku to, Rafaeru wa mou iriguchi de tokei o kakunin shite imashita.
When he arrived, Rafael was already at the entrance, checking the clock.
誰も公式には認めないでしょう。
Dare mo koushiki ni wa mitomenai deshou.
No one will ever officially confirm this.
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