Caves, ships & mounds
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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.
predicament, fix
cramped; stiff
poverty, distress
theft, larceny
larceny, purloining
plagiarism
warship
fleet, squadron
battleship
boat racing
naval vessels
lifeboat
ships, vessels
imported (goods)
for ship use, marine
fall, capture
defect, flaw
to fall into (a state)
a corner
nook, corner
the four corners
attached, affiliated
contribution, donation
supplementary provisions
quiet, peaceful
quiet, deserted; idle
busy and slack periods
clique, faction
financial conglomerate
academic clique
Practice
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