Cloth & qualities
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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.
short sleeves
long sleeves
cuff, sleeve opening
hem, skirt
foot of a mountain; base
hemming up
failure, bankruptcy
to come apart; to smile
fiscal collapse
minute, elaborate
precise, detailed
elaborate, exquisite
shame, bashfulness
sense of shame
bashfulness
envy, admiration
to envy
enviable
metallurgy
training, cultivation
blacksmith
ghastly, gruesome
lurid, extreme
tremendous, fierce
slope, gradient
detention, custody
comma-shaped bead
smell, scent
to smell (nice)
sachet, scent bag
Practice
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