{"id":2271,"date":"2016-10-10T21:51:52","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T18:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.japonia.club\/blog\/?p=2271"},"modified":"2020-05-08T13:56:57","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T10:56:57","slug":"learning-tips-kunyomi-onyomi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.japonia.club\/blog\/learning-tips-kunyomi-onyomi","title":{"rendered":"What is Kun-yomi and On-yomi?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"085c74cc8852039dd3708c59ee9bc4d1\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<span style=\u201dfont-size: 12px; color: #999999;\u201d>sponsored links<\/span><br>\r\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-2193433596272234\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- japonia.club blog 1 rectangular large 1 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:336px;height:280px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2193433596272234\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3722604771\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2273\" src=\"https:\/\/www.japonia.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/kun-on-yomi.jpg\" alt=\"kun-on-yomi\" width=\"391\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.japonia.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/kun-on-yomi.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.japonia.club\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/kun-on-yomi-90x71.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 391px) 100vw, 391px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>What is Onyomi and Kunyomi?<\/h1>\n<p>There are multiple ways to read a kanji character. Most kanji have multiple kun-yomi and on-yomi, but there are some characters that have only one of them.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>Kun-yomi definition and when we use Kun-yomi<\/h1>\n<p>Kun-yomi is usually used when a kanji stands alone (\u5c71 <em>yama = <\/em>mountain, \u6728 <em>ki <\/em>= tree , \u6d77 <em>umi <\/em>= sea) or is followed by okurigana (okurigana = hiragana that follows after a kanji as part of the word. E.g. \u8aad\u3080 <em>yomu = <\/em>to read\u3001\u66f8\u304f<em>kaku = <\/em>to write\u3001\u65b0\u3057\u3044 <em>atarashii = <\/em>new). Kun-yomi is indicated in kanji dictionaries by hiragana characters or lowercase romaji.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>On-yomi definition and when we use On-yomi<\/h1>\n<p>On-yomi is used in words that are compound by two or more kanji (e.g. \u96fb\u8eca <em>densha = <\/em>train\u3001\u99d0\u8eca\u5834 <em>chu-shajou = <\/em>parking lot\u3001\u6625\u590f\u79cb\u51ac <em>shunkashu-tou =<\/em> the four seasons\u3001\u65e5\u672c\u8a9e\u80fd\u529b\u8a66\u9a13 <em>Nihongo Nouryoku Shiken = <\/em>Japanese Language Proficiency Test). It is indicated in kanji dictionaries by katakana characters or uppercase romaji.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>On-yomi and Kun-yomi mixture<\/h1>\n<p>Be careful! There are some compound words read in kun-yomi (e.g. \u9752\u7a7a <em>aozora = <\/em>blue sky, \u718a\u672c <em>Kumamoto =<\/em> the name of a prefecture in Japan) or words read using a mix between kun-yomi and on-yomi (e.g. \u5834\u6240 <em>basho = <\/em>place, <em>ba<\/em> is kun-yomi and <em>sho <\/em>is on-yomi; \u9280\u8272 <em>giniro = <\/em>silver color, <em>gin<\/em> is on-yomi and <em>iro<\/em> is kun-yomi).<\/p>\n<p>If you come across a word that has a kanji which has multiple kun-yomi or on-yomi, you should look it up in the dictionary in order to check the correct reading.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Onyomi and Kunyomi? There are multiple ways to read a kanji character. Most kanji have multiple kun-yomi and on-yomi, but there are some characters that have only one of them. &nbsp; Kun-yomi definition and when we use Kun-yomi Kun-yomi is usually used when a kanji stands alone (\u5c71 yama = mountain, \u6728 ki [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2273,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2037],"tags":[2047,2046,2049,2051,2038,2045,2048,2057,2039,2055,2041,2044,2054,2050,2058,2040,2056,2043,2042,2063,2053,2052,2062,2059,2061,2060],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.japonia.club\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2271"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.japonia.club\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.japonia.club\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.japonia.club\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.japonia.club\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.japonia.club\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.japonia.club\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.japonia.club\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.japonia.club\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.japonia.club\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}