Earth & construction
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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.
gold nugget/bar
lump; baby-boom
blood clot
mine tunnel
coal mine
inside a mine
reclamation, cultivation
reclaimed rice field
uncultivated
rostrum, platform
flower bed
literary world
crash, fall
shooting down (aircraft)
loss (of authority)
painting, coating
paint, coating material
to paint, to coat
ancient burial mound
grave, tomb
round burial mound
ink-wash painting
India ink
chalk
Practice
Test yourself on this lesson's kanji.