Water
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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.
lewd conduct
debauchery
dissipation, debauchery
ulcer
to crush, to smash
stomach ulcer
affair; news; verdict
long silence (no contact)
news, word
selection, weeding out
affair; news
natural selection
doting, blind love
death by drowning
to drown; to indulge
flood; overflow
floodplain
great flood
general-purpose
wide-ranging, extensive
general remarks
spring water
gushing out, welling
to well up, to gush
fertile, rich (soil)
fertile soil
fertile plain
Practice
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