The mouth
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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.
throat
pharynx
sobbing
ballad, ditty
long epic song
short lyric song
sense of smell
to smell, to sniff
olfactory nerve
larynx
throat; critical moment
Adam's apple
reproof, rebuke
to scold
scolding into action
spell, incantation
spell, binding curse
to curse
saliva
watering mouth
contempt, disdain
ridicule, derision
self-mockery
to ridicule, to mock
lactation, nursing
mammal
rearing, nursing
metaphor, simile
metaphor
simile
bath
sound, ring (of words)
wrapping cloth
Practice
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