Quality & state
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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.
dryness
a toast, cheers
to dry, to become dry
strange, odd
miracle
odd number
heinous, fiendish
fortune (good or bad)
deadly weapon
entrance hall
brown (unpolished) rice
expert, professional
careful, meticulous
diligence, painstaking care
lower abdomen (tanden)
ordinary, mediocre
extraordinary
ordinary person
silence
tacit approval
to be silent
sensitive
sharp, keen
oversensitive
huge, gigantic
giant
huge sum
hills, downs
sand dune
terrace, plateau
Practice
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