Water 3
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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.
pickles
salting, pickling in salt
to soak, to pickle
thief, burglar
quagmire, bog
adherence, fixation
cave, cavern
insight, discernment
cavity, hollow
desert
vague, obscure
vast, boundless
boiling; excitement
boiling (sterilization)
to boil, to seethe
bubble, air pocket
foaming, effervescence
foam; coming to naught
cool breeze
enjoying the evening cool
cool, refreshing
Practice
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