Place-name kanji (1)
Tap an example word to hear it pronounced.
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.
Ibaraki (prefecture)
thorny path
Okayama
Fukuoka
Shizuoka
Okinawa
offshore, the open sea
Shiga
New Year greeting card
Niigata
tidal flat
Gifu
branching, divergence
Kagawa
perfume
fragrance, scent
Osaka
Kyoto-Osaka area
Nagasaki
Miyazaki
Practice
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