take along, lead, join, connect
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.
ここまで連れてきてくれて、本当にありがとう、お嬢さん。
Koko made tsurete kite kurete, hontou ni arigatou, ojou-san.
Thank you so much for bringing him here, miss.
うん、でもいつもこんな感じ。常連さんばっかりだよ。
Un, demo itsumo konna kanji. Jouren-san bakkari da yo.
Yeah, but it's always like this. Full of regulars.
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