Earth & construction
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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.
hedge, fence
stone wall
crowd (wall of people)
patience, forbearance
proficiency; satisfaction
to endure, to bear
cram school
private academy
cram school student
soil
heaven and earth
soil contamination
plastic figure, clay model
carving and modeling
plasticity
depravity, corruption
abortion
self-indulgent, slovenly
shell mound
milestone mound
burial chamber
floor space (in tsubo)
area in tsubo
one tsubo
cultivation
cultivation (of cells)
to cultivate, to foster
wooden fence
mud wall
stone wall
Practice
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