Government & economy
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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.
politics
government
administration
system, institution
uniform
compulsion, coercion
tradition
unification
president
president
territory
the main point, the knack
economy
experience
(time) to pass
business (operation)
management
to run, to conduct
cost, expense
school fees, tuition
consumption
tax (money)
consumption tax
customs
prize money
winning a prize
certificate of merit
Practice
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