Buildings & structures
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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 open (up), to bloom
to open (something)
opening a shop
stairs, steps
first floor, ground floor
second floor
hospital
hospitalization
graduate school
in front of the station
station staff
center, middle
the Chuo Line
profile (of a face)
horizontal writing
pendulum wall clock
utility pole
gatepost
blackboard
sushi chef
sloping road, hill
uphill slope
downhill slope
bridging, mediation
pedestrian bridge
iron/railway bridge
Practice
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