red
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.
赤いこっちのが他のより素敵だし、黒のコートにも合うよ。
Akai kocchi no ga hoka no yori suteki dashi, kuro no kooto ni mo au yo.
This red one's nicer than the others, and it matches the black coat.
それから、りんごを三つ、赤くてきれいなの。
Sorekara, ringo o mittsu, akakute kirei na no.
And three apples, nice and red.
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