Cold & sky
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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.
crown
laurels, honor
ceremonial occasions
joke
verbose, redundant
wasteful expense
solidification
condensation
to be absorbed in; to stiffen
freezing
freezing (food)
to freeze
below zero
petty, small-scale
zero points
soul, spirit
ghost
inspiration; sixth sense
promotion
rise, ascent
to rise (sun)
crystal; fruition
crystal, quartz
liquid crystal (LCD)
provisional, tentative
short while
for a while
ghost
confinement, imprisonment
subtle profundity
Practice
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