Can someone tell me what onyomi and kunyomi? - Feed Post by Okakuro

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  Doomsayer

  Kunyomi = pronunciation when the kanji is alone when the kanji is in a compound word (2 or more kanji to form a single word)
  
  There's a lot of exceptions though, but it's usually like this.

  July 29, 2014 at 6:43am
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  telozkope

  http://www.tofugu.com/2010/03/23/the-types-of-kanji-in-japanese-onyomi-vs-kunyomi/

  July 29, 2014 at 6:58am
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  tino91

  To make it simple, Kunyomi is the Japanese way of reading whilst Onyomi is the Chinese one.
  Usually, the Kunyomi reading is adopted if the kanji is alone, but this rule has plenty of exceptions.

  July 30, 2014 at 8:25am