Fibers & farm products
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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.
silk thread
silk fabric
rayon (artificial silk)
pure, genuine
simple, plain
innocent, naive
length and breadth
piloting, control
vertical writing
reduction
shortening
to shrink
system, organization
system, lineage
family line
black tea
autumn leaves
lipstick
revolution
reform
leather, hide
silkworm raising
silk thread (industry)
encroachment
Practice
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