Time & age
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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.
tonight
every evening
dinner
year-end (gift)
to get dark, to end (of year)
to live, to get by
the next day
the next morning
the following year
infant, small child
childish, infantile
very young
young person
some, a little
young
idiom, compound word
maturity, ripeness
to ripen
urgent
winter solstice
to reach, to lead to
peak, apex
summit, top
to receive (humble)
temporary, extraordinary
seaside, coastal
to face, to attend
to reach, to arrive
notification, report
to be thorough, attentive
Practice
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