Building, forming & machines
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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 build
building
construction
health
health, hygiene
healthy, sound
to tie, to bind
result
after all, in the end
hard, firm
fixing, fixation
solid (state)
to become, to consist of
success
completion
materials, ingredients
lumber, timber
teaching materials
machine, machinery
apparatus, instrument
machine, machinery
airplane
opportunity, chance
blood vessel
blood vessel
management, control
Practice
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