Plants & illness
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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.
bacteria
sterilization
fungi
moral influence, edification
balmy early-summer breeze
to smell sweet
rhizome, underground stem
gums
bulb (of a plant)
recommendation
self-recommendation
to recommend
solemn, majestic
villa, country house
mountain villa, lodge
seaweed
algae
seaweed salt
epidemic, plague
immunity
quarantine
symptoms
inflammation
serious illness
molester, pervert
complaint, grumbling
tone-deafness
healing, cure
recovery, healing
adhesion; collusion
diarrhea
dysentery
children's dysentery
Practice
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