Skills & concepts
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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.
technology, technique
surgery
art
Buddhism
great Buddha statue
Buddhist chant
boxed lunch (bento)
legal defense
debate, argument
graveyard
visiting a grave
gravestone
violence
storm, gale
to rampage, to act violently
import
export
transportation
studying abroad
reservation, deferment
being away from home
paper pattern
large-size
new model, new type
Practice
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