Punishment & violence
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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.
penalty, punishment
death penalty
detective; criminal (case)
cutting down, reduction
deletion, elimination
to scrape, to shave
one loaf/catty
weight
a thousand catties (great weight)
rejection, exclusion
scout, reconnaissance
to reject, to repel
assault, blow
to hit, to punch
fistfight, brawl
special, particular
admirable, praiseworthy
especially, particularly
table tennis
dining table
excellence, superiority
cowardly, mean
despicable, base
lowly, vulgar
amnesty, pardon
pardon, mercy
remission, pardon
Meaning
shame, disgrace, humiliate
Components
On'yomi
ジョク
Kun'yomi
はずかし（める）
insult, affront
disgrace, humiliation
humiliation, indignity
Practice
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