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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.
harmony, tune
haikai (comic linked verse)
joke, humor
visiting a shrine/temple
scholarship, attainments
first shrine visit of the year
prying, inquiry
after all, in the end
deliberation, examination
who
challenging (who goes there)
this and that person
resignation; clear insight
to give up
gist, essential point
solving a riddle
riddle, puzzle
to be mysterious
obituary notice
news of a death
announcement of death
jaw joint
upper jaw
lower jaw
usually, always
recently, nowadays
marriageable age
essential, indispensable
small teapot
essential point
tidying up, order
caring about, heeding
setback, standstill
cheekbone
to stuff cheeks with food
resting chin on hand
Practice
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