What is level one chapter one Kanji lesson 2 test asking? I don't understand. (I haven't learned… - Feed Post by Kishirno

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  mog86uk

  You're going to have a very hard time doing the lessons if you haven't learnt both types of kana yet. Katakana is important too, not just hiragana.
  
  The "onyomi" in the kanji lesson are listed in katakana. So you will not be able to read half the readings, but will only be able to read the "kunyomi" ones, unless you learn katakana.
  
  In reality, both kunyomi and onyomi are written in hiragana. The only reason onyomi have been written on the lesson page in katakana is to separate them more clearly from kunyomi.
  
  So, いち, に, さん, し, ご, ろく, しち, はち, きゅう, じゅう are onyomi type readings. But they're written only on the lesson page (and most Japanese dictionaries) in katakana, like: イチ, ニ, サン, シ, ゴ, ロク, シチ, ハチ, キュウ, ジュウ.
  
  Again, this is just dictionaries. When actually writing them without their kanji, you writeいち, に, さん, ...

  May 3, 2015 at 11:17am
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  Kishirno

  共ありがとございます、I will learn all of the Kana first now :D!

  May 3, 2015 at 11:21am
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  mog86uk

  Also, if you're wondering about onyomi and kunyomi, in this post from 3 days ago I tried to explain it. ^^
  http://japaneseclass.jp/feeds/comment/6404

  May 3, 2015 at 11:24am
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  Yazamoto

  When its multiple kanji, its the kunyomi of each kanji. When its a standalone kanji, its the onyomi. Because the kanji itself is a word on which it is their meaning while multiple kanji can mean a whole other word.

  May 4, 2015 at 6:51am
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  Yazamoto

  my bad. just realized i just told you everying backwords lol. standalone is kunyomi and multiple is onyomi

  May 4, 2015 at 12:56pm