People 5
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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.
detective
reconnaissance
undercover investigation
count, earl
uncle (older than parent)
master painter
insult, affront
contempt, scorn
to despise, to look down on
merger, annexation
merger, amalgamation
to combine, to put together
prejudice, bias
deviation
to be biased, to lean
salary, pay
pay cut
annual salary
public servant
manservant
attendant, servant
colleague
bureaucrat
cabinet minister
ethics, morality
human relations, morality
immorality, adultery
Practice
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