entice, lead, tempt, invite
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.
コンビニの前を通りかかり、立ち止まって、棚の誘惑を見つめました…
Konbini no mae o toorikakari, tachidomatte, tana no yuuwaku o mitsumemashita...
He passed by the convenience store, stopped, and stared at the temptations on the shelf...
カオリは、フジコを誘って見に来てもらうことにしました。
Kaori wa, Fujiko wo sasotte mi ni kite morau koto ni shimashita.
Kaori decided to invite Fujiko to come watch.
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