Earth & terrain
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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.
destruction
collapse
to break, to destroy
firm, solid
mainstay, midlevel
hard, firm
writing (an article)
tenacity, obsession
execution, enforcement
embankment, levee
jetty, breakwater
breakwater
steel tower
stone pagoda
control tower
mural, wall painting
quay, wharf; cliff
barrier, obstacle
Buddhist monk; shaven head
baby
little boy
gloomy, dreary
time (light and shade)
shade
retirement, seclusion
concealment, cover-up
to hide, to conceal
camp, faction
position, encampment
the press corps
adjacency
neighborhood, vicinity
next door, neighbor
mountain pass road
crossing a pass
big pass; critical point
mountain range
lofty peak
striking with the back of a sword
Practice
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