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Is it important to know which reading is being used? For example, I can tell that 女の子 (girl) should be read as おんなのこ and 女子 as じょし, but I can’t tell which of the kanjis’ are using on’yomi or kun’yomi. Should I try to remember that as well?
Short answer: no.
Long answer: nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.
Thanks, as I thought :)
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This is one place where the rule of thumb fortunately holds true. Namely, 女の子 = kanji on their own = kun’yomi, whereas 女子 = kanji in a bunch = on’yomi.
The only place I can think of where you might need to know which is on and which is kun, is the behemoth that is the Kanji Kentei exams :D Those are designed for natives though, so I don’t think you’ll need to worry ;)
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