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questions about kanji
Hello,
I’m near the end of season 2 of TF and I’m getting very confused with Kanji and how it works.
The basic rules are that a kanji character on its own generally uses it Kun’yomi
For example； the Kanji for child is 子 （こ） and pronounced KO because its a kanji on its own, so we would use the kun’yomi, right? (which for this kanji is こ）
Another example； the kanji for above is 上 （うえ） and pronounced UE because its a kanji on its own, so we would use the Kun’yomi, right? (which is うえ）
you can see where I’m going however what I’m most confused about is that with Anki why are the kanji readings different:
On Anki the kanji (on its own) 子 is now し which is its on’yomi , which makes no sense to me, I just learned that this kanji on its own should be pronounced こ (ko) and now all of a sudden on Anki its し (shi)
This is the same with a lot of the Kanji I’m trying to learn and making it very difficult to remember.
Am I missing something or learning the Kanji wrong?
If someone could help me with this and clear things up for me I would be very greatfull!!Thank you for reading.
In anki, it tests you on onyoumi. The kanji deck is all meanings and onyoumis. The vocab deck is where it tests you on actual readings of actual words. I hope that helps!
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AnonymousIf you’re talking about the Anki deck for the Kanji readings, and not the Kanji vocab, then the questions are asking you about what the on’yomi is. Only in the second deck in each section, the kanji vocab, would you apply the rules (kun’yomi alone, on’yomi in jukugo) and answer the questions in that manner.
So, in the Kanji decks, if it asks for the reading of 子, though you would pronounce it as こ if it was by itself, in this deck it’s asking for the on’yomi reading specifically, so the answer would be し.
In the Kanji vocab decks, that’s where all the rules apply. If given 上, it would be proounced as うえ.If you’re interested, here’s a good thread to look through on when to use a reading http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/onyomi-vs-kunyomi-the-question-as-old-as-time/
God, this question has been asked so often XD See kanjiman8′s link for a list I compiled of all the threads pertaining to it.
Thank you everyone for your responses,
you have all helped me out a lot.thanks for the link to other threads about this topic.
Sorry I asked a question thats been asked so much,
I probably should have look through the forum more before posting.Thanks again!!
Your welcome. Check out my post on Rendaku too. This is another confusing area of Kanji.
It’s understandable seeing as the forum doesn’t have a built-in search function. But you can still search the site by going to Google and entering “site:textfugu.com/bb/ [space] [searchtermhere]” :) Comes in handy sometimes.
zeldaskitten:
In anki, it tests you on onyoumi.The kanji deck is all meanings and onyoumis.The vocab deck is where it tests you on actual readings of actual words.I hope that helps!I wish someone had told me that when I was at that stage. :)
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