Sake, fields & livestock
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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.
yeast
fermentation
enzyme
intoxication, being fascinated
anesthesia
to get drunk
A and B; first and second
deck (of a ship)
beetle
livestock, domestic animals
livestock farming
stock raising
lakeside
riverside
path between rice fields
barbaric, savage
barbarity, brutal act
southern barbarians (old term)
urge to urinate
urination
diabetes
bone marrow
spinal cord
essence, quintessence
sailing ship
setting sail
mast
empire
emperor
sovereign, monarch
Practice
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