Mouth & voice
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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.
containing (a substance)
inclusion
to contain, to include
scream, exclamation
to shout, to cry out
a shout, a cry
to bloom
late blooming
early blooming
convocation, summons
summons (to court)
to eat/drink (honorific)
playing wind instruments
advocacy, inspiration
to blow
admiration; exclamation
grief, lamentation
to lament, to grieve
expressing (feelings)
a sigh
to vomit; to spit out
abrupt, sudden
arabesque pattern
envoy to Tang China
volcanic eruption
gushing out, spewing
fountain
Practice
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