Metal & money
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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.
tea kettle
electric rice cooker
rice cooked in a pot
Kamakura (place)
sickle-shaped neck (snake)
whirlwind cut phenomenon
colored woodblock print
rich brocade, splendor
colored carp, koi
keyboard
duplicate key
keyhole
imprisonment
imprisonment (sentence)
three years imprisonment
earthenware pot
hot pot dish
mixed hot pot
affixing, pasting
to stick, to paste
poster, bill
gambling
to bet, to wager
gambling, betting
greed, avarice
to covet, to devour
greed, rapacity
bribe, bribery
bribery case
demand for a bribe
Practice
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