tall, high, expensive
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.
それに、この毛皮のフード、他のフードより暖かいし。だから値段も高いんだね、納得。
Soreni, kono kegawa no fuudo, hoka no fuudo yori atatakai shi. Dakara nedan mo takai nda ne, nattoku.
And the fur hood's warmer than the other hoods too -- no wonder it costs more.
すごい、選び方がぴったりでしたね、鶏肉、最高でした！
Sugoi, erabikata ga pittari deshita ne, toriniku, saikou deshita!
Wow, you chose perfectly, the chicken was great!
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