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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.
destination, address
addressee name
to address to
vocabulary
vocabulary size
lexicon, glossary
depression, melancholy
depression (illness)
pent-up anger
glossy, lustrous
bewitching, voluptuous
luster; charm
tiled roof
collapse, downfall
brick
remains, corpse
skeleton
mere shell, framework
South Korea
Japan-Korea
Korean pop-culture wave
damage, defamation
defamation, libel
praise and censure
dishcloth
hood, headscarf
drawstring pouch
cave, cavern
den, hideout
rock cave, grotto
practice, training
comical, funny
practice uniform
Practice
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