Water & liquid
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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.
gliding, taxiing
smooth, harmonious
to slip, to slide
humidity
moisture, dampness
to become damp
abundant, plentiful
moist, humid
to become moist; to profit
diving
latent, potential
to dive, to slip into
stagnation, congestion
stay, sojourn
to be delayed, to stagnate
plunge basin (of a waterfall)
climbing a waterfall
thin white noodles (shirataki)
drifting
bleaching
to drift, to float
confiscation
sinking
absorption, immersion
downfall, ruin
annihilation
to perish, to fall
waste, extravagance
wandering, vagrancy
ronin; exam repeater
Practice
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