Weather & landscape
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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.
heavy snow
snow country
how the clouds (things) move
rain cloud
nebula
north wind
typhoon
Japanese style
electricity, electric light
telephone
train
Mars
starry sky
to clear up (weather)
clear sky
clear autumn day
to shine, to glitter
moonlight
sunlight
seaside
overseas, abroad
Sea of Japan
mountain stream
ravine, gorge
Practice
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