Plants & harvest

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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.

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).

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Grey - another building block, with no clear meaning or sound role.

#1

Meaning

flower; splendor; China

Components

On'yomi

カ | ケ

Kun'yomi

はな

Example words
華麗かれい

splendid, gorgeous

中華ちゅうか

China; Chinese food

豪華ごうか

luxurious, gorgeous

#2

Meaning

chrysanthemum

Components

On'yomi

キク

Example words
菊花きっか

chrysanthemum

白菊しらぎく

white chrysanthemum

野菊のぎく

wild chrysanthemum

#3

Meaning

bury, entomb, hold a funeral

Components

On'yomi

ソウ

Kun'yomi

ほうむ(る)

Example words
葬儀そうぎ

funeral

葬式そうしき

funeral ceremony

埋葬まいそう

burial

#4

Meaning

feudal domain, clan

Components

On'yomi

ハン

Example words
藩主はんしゅ

feudal lord (daimyo)

廃藩はいはん

abolition of feudal domains

藩士はんし

feudal domain samurai

#5

Meaning

seedling, sapling

Components

On'yomi

ビョウ

Kun'yomi

なえ

Example words
苗木なえぎ

sapling, young tree

種苗しゅびょう

seeds and seedlings

苗床なえどこ

seedbed, nursery

#6

Meaning

fragrant; your (honorific)

Components

On'yomi

ホウ

Kun'yomi

かんば(しい)

Example words
芳香ほうこう

fragrance, aroma

芳名ほうめい

your esteemed name

芳しいかんばしい

fragrant; favorable

#7

Meaning

calm, peaceful, gentle

Components

On'yomi

オン

Kun'yomi

おだ(やか)

Example words
穏健おんけん

moderate, sensible

平穏へいおん

peace, tranquility

穏やかおだやか

calm, gentle

#8

Meaning

harvest, reap

Components

On'yomi

カク

Example words
収穫しゅうかく

harvest

収穫高しゅうかくだか

crop yield

収穫期しゅうかくき

harvest season

#9

Meaning

ear (of grain), head

Components

On'yomi

スイ

Kun'yomi

Example words
稲穂いなほ

ear of rice

穂先ほさき

tip (of an ear/blade)

出穂しゅっすい

heading (of grain)

#10

Meaning

young, immature, childish

Components

On'yomi

Example words
稚魚ちぎょ

fry, young fish

幼稚ようち

infantile, childish

稚拙ちせつ

crude, unskilled

Practice

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