Water & liquids
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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.
liquid
blood
liquid crystal (LCD)
eternity
permanence
long, everlasting
rivers
canal
the Milky Way, galaxy
congestion, crowding
mixture
to mix (something)
clean, hygienic
innocence, purity
concise, terse
decrease, reduction
degree, adjustment
to decrease
measurement
observation
to measure
acting, performance
lecture
musical performance
preparation
standard, norm
level
Practice
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