Places & districts
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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.
roof
bookstore
room
pharmacy
after all, in the end
bureau chief
Shinto shrine
royal palace
Shinto shrine
library
Japanese inn
hall, assembly building
garage
safe, vault
book storage, stacks
backyard
household, home
schoolyard
leaving the capital
Tokyo Metropolis
convenience, circumstances
district, area
division, classification
the world
industry, business world
the outside world
Honshu (main island)
Kyushu
Practice
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