Health & the body
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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.
doctor
medical science
dentist
illness, sickness
hospital
sick person, patient
to die
the dead, casualties
death from illness
lineage, blood relation
bleeding
complexion
ring finger
chemicals, drugs
eye drops
ring
to point at
nomination, naming
fur
fur, pelt
irony, sarcasm
contents, inside
height (of a person)
Practice
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