astray, be perplexed, in doubt, lost
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、ルーカスはお弁当の棚の前で、どれにするか迷っていました。
Tsuku to, Rūkasu wa obentou no tana no mae de, dore ni suru ka mayotte imashita.
When he arrived, Lucas stood in front of the bento shelf, not knowing which to choose.
だって…迷子になったと思ったから！
Datte… maigo ni natta to omotta kara!
I... I thought you'd gotten lost!
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