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.
数日後、日本は9月に珍しい連休に入るところでした。
Suujitsu go, Nihon wa kugatsu ni mezurashii renkyuu ni hairu tokoro deshita.
In a few days, Japan would enter one of its rare stretches of holidays in September.
ううん、必要だったの。これでもう連絡が取れなくなることはないから。
Uun, hitsuyou datta no. Kore de mou renraku ga torenaku naru koto wa nai kara.
Yes, we did. This way we'll never lose touch with you again.
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