(2) A reading is a way of speaking the kanji out loud. Fair enough. (3) Kun readings are always used when the kanji appears alone, except apparently with numerals, and with those kanji which lack Kun readings. (4) On readings are almost always used when the kanji appears as part of a compound word. (3) is not true; it's a guideline, not a hard ...

The On-yomi is taken from the original Chinese reading of the kanji, and the Kun-yomi is the Japanese reading that has "adopted" the kanji, so to speak. As a general rule, if the kanji is by itself, (as in, it is not attached to other kanji, just hiragana) it generally takes on the Kun-yomi; if the kanji is part of a compound, it (and the other ...

@BraedenOrchard Here's at least one general "rule" you could keep in mind when it comes to ON vs KUN readings for words in Japanese (in general): use ON when you have combined kanji (for example: 天気{てんき}, 漢字{かんじ}, 同情{どうじょう}, etc.) and use KUN when you have single kanji or single kanji+hiragana (for example: 緑 ...

Kanji that is proceeded and followed by kana will most likely use the kun'yomi. Once again, there are exceptions to this rule too. Since kanji was adapted from Chinese, some Chinese words became part of the Japanese vocabulary. These Chinese cognates, while not the only exception, are the main exception to this rule.

2019年9月12日 · Same with To Meet in hira. The sound AU is used and again that is Kun when looking at the kanji. The dictionaries I have show the different meanings of a kanji, but I am not sure how they represent themselves in the On or Kun, just that they exist and these are the sounds with some having a few different ones.

2023年8月16日 · Kanji 日 has also reading に often used in 日本 ("Japan") and its compounds: 日本語 ("Japanese language"), 日本人 ("Japanese person") etc. All on readings of kanji 日 come from Middle Chinese *nyit, so /t/ in Early Middle Japanese forms of these readings (nit, zit) is regularly expected. ni developed as irregular shortening of nit.

2017年5月5日 · In the book, it says some Kun Yomi of Kanji actually come from early contact of Chinese languages. Take 竹 as example, it's Kun Yomi is take which is very close to ancient Chinese languages. Are there more examples to support this? Edit. Another example in book, 金 kane, it is very close to ancient Chinese languages.

2019年7月27日 · The choice between on-yomi and kun-yomi is about speech rather than writing. Here you must decide how to pronounce a given kanji. There is very little flexibility here. If you make the wrong choices it will render your speech almost/totally unintelligible. There are no guaranteed rules for knowing whether to use on-yomi or kun-yomi readings.

2020年7月26日 · Kanji compounds (two or more kanji together without kana between them) often use ON-YOMI. For example, 学校, 大学, 日本, etc. Words which have a single kanji combined with kana often use KUN-YOMI. For example, 食べる, 読みます, 折り紙, etc. Names of (Japanese) people and places (in Japan) often use KUN-YOMI. 田中, 北山 ...

The number of Joyo kanji with only one Joyo ON-YOMI is 1789 characters. On this useful kanji database website, you can query Joyo kanji for various criteria. In the 'Select Kanji from Database' section , I performed a query where # of On = 1, together with …