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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.
reading, browsing
censorship
proofreading, review
banquet, party
drinking party
celebration banquet
examination, screening
referee; judgment
suspicious, dubious
facility, institution
implementation
to give, to carry out
welfare
welfare facility
social welfare
audience
listening closely
to listen (attentively)
sculpture, carving
wood carving
to carve, to engrave
collision, clash
shock, impact
buffer, cushion
transcendence
excess, being over
to exceed, to surpass
taking up a new post
one’s new post
to head for, to proceed
mask, disguise
overturning, capsizing
to cover
Practice
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