(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 …

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 …

@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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …