People & ailments
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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.
my noble self (arrogant)
we (masculine)
my own way
kabuki theater
ancient masked dance
kabuki actor
few, scanty
narrow margin
only, merely
arrogance, pride
haughty, proud
arrogant, insolent
companion, spouse
Buddhist monk
life partner
jealousy, envy
envious eyes
to be jealous
jealousy, envy
to envy, to be jealous
jealousy
monster, apparition
fairy, sprite
bewitching, voluptuous
trace, vestige
bloodstain
scar
slimming, thin body
to become thin
slim build
tumor
ulcer
abscess
Practice
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