Water, earth & nature
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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.
gray (color)
lime (mineral)
ashtray
sugar
desert
sandbox
hot spring
source, fountainhead
spring water
resources
origin
power source
tidal current; trend
high tide
sea breeze
steam, vapor
evaporation
to steam
laundry, washing
washing the face
to wash
infection
dyeing
to dye
low tide, ebb
some, a few
to dry, to air
heating
warm (climate)
warm
Practice
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