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.
perspiration, sweating
cold sweat
sweat (and toil)
marshland, swamp
lakes and marshes
quagmire, bog
flooding, inundation
permeation, infiltration
to soak, to dip
muddy stream
pollution, contamination
to become muddy
fresh water
cold, indifferent
faint, pale
clarity, serenity
upper clear layer
to become clear
sinking, submersion
silence
to sink
drop of water
IV drip
a single drop
thick, rich
concentration, density
thick, deep (color)
tears of emotion
tear gland
tearful voice
Practice
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