Home & space

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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.

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).

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Grey - another building block, with no clear meaning or sound role.

#1

Meaning

home, residence

Components

On'yomi

タク

Example words
住宅じゅうたく

residence, housing

帰宅きたく

returning home

自宅じたく

one's own home

#2

Meaning

mid-air; space

Components

On'yomi

チュウ

Example words
宇宙うちゅう

universe, space

宙返りちゅうがえり

somersault

宙吊りちゅうづり

suspended in mid-air

#3

Meaning

eaves; universe, space

Components

On'yomi

Example words
宇宙うちゅう

universe, space

宇宙船うちゅうせん

spaceship

気宇きう

magnanimity, scale of mind

#4

Meaning

treasure

Components

On'yomi

ホウ

Kun'yomi

たから

Example words
宝物たからもの

treasure

国宝こくほう

national treasure

財宝ざいほう

treasure, riches

#5

Meaning

dense; secret; close

Components

On'yomi

ミツ

Example words
秘密ひみつ

secret

密接みっせつ

close, intimate

密度みつど

density

#6

Meaning

religion, sect; origin

Components

On'yomi

シュウ | ソウ

Example words
宗教しゅうきょう

religion

宗派しゅうは

sect, denomination

改宗かいしゅう

religious conversion

#7

Meaning

seat; sit

Components

On'yomi

Kun'yomi

すわ(る)

Example words
座席ざせき

seat

正座せいざ

sitting upright (seiza)

座るすわる

to sit down

#8

Meaning

palace; cabinet (government)

Components

On'yomi

カク

Example words
内閣ないかく

cabinet (government)

閣議かくぎ

cabinet meeting

天守閣てんしゅかく

castle tower

#9

Meaning

window

Components

On'yomi

ソウ

Kun'yomi

まど

Example words
窓口まどぐち

service window, counter

同窓どうそう

schoolmate, alumnus

車窓しゃそう

train/car window

#10

Meaning

hole, cave

Components

On'yomi

ケツ

Kun'yomi

あな

Example words
穴場あなば

little-known good spot

墓穴ぼけつ

grave pit; self-ruin

穴埋めあなうめ

filling a gap

Practice

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