How to say 'On reading' in Japanese | 音読み

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The Japanese word for On reading is 'On'yomi', written as 音読み in Japanese.'On reading' in hiragana is おんよみ.

word

音読み

Meaning

On reading

Reading

おんよみ

on'yomi

Kanji

音Sound 読Read

Explanation

The Japanese verbal noun '音読み (おんよみ)' refers to the 'on-reading' or Chinese-derived reading of a kanji character. This reading is typically used in compound words and is derived from the original Chinese pronunciation of the character. For example: the on-reading of 水 is すい「水の音読みはすいです」(みずのおんよみはすいです). The on-reading of 山 is さん「山の音読みはさんです」(やまのおんよみはさんです). It's important to note that many kanji have multiple on-readings depending on the context in which they are used.

Part Of Speech

verbal noun

Kanji JLPT

Kanji Grade

Frequency

3141

Composition

kanji-hiragana

Handwriting

Kanji in the Word 音読み

This word contains 2 kanji characters:

kanji

音

Meaning

Sound

kanji

読

Meaning

Read

Hiragana in the Word 音読み

This word contains 1 Hiragana character :

hiragana

み

Reading

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Meaning

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Meaning

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Meaning

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Meaning

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Words Related to 音読み Through the Kanji 読

These 8 Words contain the Kanji 読 as well.

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Meaning

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Meaning

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Meaning

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Meaning

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Meaning

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Meaning

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Meaning

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Meaning

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What does 'On'yomi' (音読み) mean?

'On'yomi' means 'On reading' .

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