run
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.
ルーカスはコンビニに向かって走り出しました。
Rūkasu wa konbini ni mukatte hashiridashimashita.
Lucas ran off toward the convenience store.
ご馳走様でした！ありがとう、おじさん！また来るね。
Gochisousama deshita! Arigatou, ojisan! Mata kuru ne.
Thank you for the meal! Thanks, mister! I'll come back.
最初の種目は、五十メートル走でした。
Saisho no shumoku wa, gojuu meetoru sou deshita.
The first event was the fifty-meter dash.
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