Time, travel & making things
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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.
time, hour
human being
relationship
steam train
steamship
steam whistle
morning, a.m.
afternoon, p.m.
noon exactly
temple school (Edo era)
mountain temple
temple (Buddhist)
to cut
important, precious
postage stamp
ferry boat
ship captain
steamship
electric wire
railway track
straight line
assembly, structure
TV/radio program
to assemble, to put together
to hit, to be correct
truth, really
person on duty
picture book
painting, picture
Practice
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