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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.
football, soccer
flatly rejecting; trouncing
to kick
disappearance
traces, tracks
missing person
retroactivity
going upstream
to go back, to trace back
modesty, humility
insolence, arrogance
inferiority
sniping, shooting
to aim at
aim, target
chess/shogi piece
pieces at hand; pawns
available pieces/resources
fang, tusk
ivory
stronghold, citadel
tiger
tiger's den; danger
fierce tiger
turtle
crack, rift
sea turtle
to beg, to ask for
begging; beggar
begging for one's life
Practice
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