School & study
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On'yomi & Kun'yomi
On'yomi (音読み) is the reading borrowed from Chinese, usually used in compound words, e.g. 三月 (さんがつ, March).
Kun'yomi (訓読み) is the native Japanese reading, used when the kanji stands alone or takes kana endings, e.g. 三つ (みっつ, three items).
By convention the readings list writes on'yomi in katakana (シュ) and kun'yomi in hiragana (さけ). Example words show furigana in hiragana, so the same on'yomi can look like シュ in the list but しゅ in a word.
What the component colors mean
Blue - the main radical the kanji is filed under in dictionaries.
Green - a component that hints at the meaning.
Orange - a component that hints at the reading (sound).
Grey - another building block, with no clear meaning or sound role.
to learn, to study
school
student
school
principal
high school
teacher
last month
early spring
student
teacher
to be born
to live
unboiled water
older, senior
one year
this year
character, letter
composition, essay
kanji
character, letter
kanji
character, letter
number, digit
Japan
one (long object)
to see, to watch
field trip, study visit
flower viewing
healthy, energetic
weather
air
Practice
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