Water & rivers
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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.
pollution, contamination
stain, blot
dirty
situation, circumstances
live (broadcast)
recession, slump
a lot, many
luster, gloss
stream climbing
addition (of an additive)
attachment
to add, to attach
voyage, going abroad
transfer, assignment
to cross over
lodging, staying
anchorage, mooring
to stay the night
seashore, beach
sandy beach
beach, seaside
buoyancy
floating, drifting
to float; to come to mind
manga, comic
comic dialogue (manzai)
distracted, rambling
dissolution, melting
lava
to melt, to dissolve
Practice
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