Daily life
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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 rest
holiday, day off
summer vacation
wheelchair
train
bicycle
to go out, to leave
exit
to take out, to send
going out, outing
correct, right
New Year
noon
evening
dinner
Tanabata (star festival)
early, fast
fast talking
early morning
villager
mountain village
to enter
entrance
entering school
to put in, to insert
Practice
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