Production & materials
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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.
manufacture
structure
to make, to build
structure
composition, makeup
quite; fine, no thanks
architecture, construction
newly built
to build up, to establish
product, goods
production (of works)
made in Japan
organization
woven cloth, textile
to weave
editing
formation, organizing
to knit, to braid
material
element, factor
obedient, honest
cotton (cloth)
detailed, meticulous
silk floss
bronze statue
bronze
copper mine
mineral
ore
iron ore
powdered medicine
wheat flour
pollen
Practice
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