Assorted 4
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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.
study, library
funeral hall
ritual purification
peerage, title
duke, prince
baron
prisoner, convict
death-row convict
prison uniform
stench, bad smell
stink, offensive odor
odorless
fullness, completeness
charging (battery)
replenishment, supplement
associate professor
ratification
brigadier general
death in the line of duty
following one to the grave
martyrdom
one sho (~1.8 liters)
measure, quantity
sake in a wooden box
simultaneous, all at once
singing in unison
symmetry, uniformity
revolution, turning
melody
mediation, good offices
practice, implementation
practical
accession to the throne
Practice
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