Assorted 3
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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.
abuse, insults
jeers, abusive voices
to abuse, to revile
deprivation, stripping
peeling off, detachment
to peel off, to tear off
looks, features
full picture, whole aspect
good looks, beauty
outbreak, sudden occurrence
sudden rise
erection
happiness in the next world
hades, the underworld
providence, good fortune
Yayoi (period); March
Maitreya Buddha
to increase further
darkness
pitch darkness
black market
harsh, scathing
shrewdness, capability
unscrupulous, vicious
trifling with, toying
mockery, ridicule
to toy with, to trifle
foot of a mountain
foot of a mountain
village at the foot
Practice
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