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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 teach
classroom
textbook
science
subject (school)
internal medicine
arithmetic
calculation
mental arithmetic
map
library
arts and crafts
reason
cooking, cuisine
impossible, unreasonable
to think, to consider
reference
thought, thinking
to know
acquaintance
knowledge
to make, to create
composition, essay
handicraft
factory
construction work
carpenter
errand, business
use
preparation
Practice
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