Can someone explain me what onyomi and kunyomi in the Kanji section is? :/ I can't… - Feed Post by Ashiina
Can someone explain me what onyomi and kunyomi in the Kanji section is? :/
I can't understand what am I supposed to learn ! =(
I can't understand what am I supposed to learn ! =(
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Hey there. They are just different readings for the same kanji. For example, you've seen this kanji before「一」and what do you know it as? Probably, 「ichi」, because it's the number 1 in Japanese, right? Cool. Then, maybe you also know this kanji: 「人」 and this one you probably know as 「hito」 because it means "person. Awesome.
Now, what does this compound kanji mean? 「一人」. If you guessed "One person," you're correct. However, is not 「ichi hito」. It is pronounced 「Hito ri」. Another reading for 「一」 is 「hito」 and another reading for 「人」 is 「ri」, often when it's being used to make compound kanjis.
It can be confusing, but it's better if you learned vocabulary in addition to the different readings, so that you can understand what they mean. Learning different readings without any context is not helpful.
You'll have to learn both, but onyomi is kanji pronunciation based on the Chinese reading. Kunyomi is the pronunciation of kanji the Japanese created themselves.
oh I kinda understand now! arigato! :3
In general, when a kanji is used in conjunction with another kanji, you use its on-yomi (e.g., 家族). When it's alone, you use its kun-yomi (e.g., 店). There are times when that is not the case, but you'll just have to learn those exceptions case by case.
onyomi is chinese reading,kunyomi is japanese reading.
learn it all.
