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11 questions linked to/from 日曜日，the different meanings and pronunciations of 日
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Reading kanjis Kunyomi or onyomi [duplicate]
I know use onyomi and kunyomi for kanjis but i confused for use other means of kanjis for example 日 this kanji means sun,day
Kunyomi:ひ,び,か
Onyomi:にち,じつ
This example 昨日 means さくじつ why isn't use にち ...
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Difference between kanji にち and び [duplicate]
Google translate used same kanji for にち and び 日曜日. First syllable represents にち whereas last syllable represent び. But I can differentiate them both of them are looking same. They are pronounced ...
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Understanding the reading of 日曜日 [duplicate]
I am new to Japanese and I've seen several questions similar to this one, but not exactly that one. If this has been asked before, I am very sorry.
In our class, we introduced weekdays and the Kanji ...
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Why is 日本 read as "nihon" but not "nitsuhon"?
If I want to say only 日本 in a sentence then each character is pronounced in its onyomi version isn't it? If this is an exception and one (or all) of the characters is not pronounced in onyomi version ...
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Where does the な in 大人 (otona) come from?
As far as I understand, the word 大人 (otona) uses the kanji 大 to represent お and the kanji 人 to represent と. According to this site the readings for 人 do not include な. Where does the な come from then?
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Criteria for reading 物{もつ} or 物{ぶつ}
One of the pronunciation I struggle most is 「物」: more ofthen than not, I misread it in words like 「作物」 and 「薬物」. I know what they mean, but it's likely I misread them by reading 「もつ」 instead of 「ぶつ」 ...
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Does the meaning of the Kanji change based on its reading
Most Kanji have multiple readings. For example 人 has got the readings:
ひと
ジン
ニン
Does the meaning change when the Kanji is read differently. I don't think that the meaning of this Kanji changes based ...
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How Japanese speakers deal with Kanji reading/understanding
I am quite new to learning Japanese. Ideas are welcome.
How do Japanese speakers pronounce Chinese characters? Do they need to remember all the pronunciations of a single Chinese character? And then ...
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Why is the kanji for haru (陽) pronounced as "yo"?
So I was looking up the word Haru and I saw there are many different ways it can be written in kanji (陽, 春, 晴). When I then looked up the first one to see how it is pronounced, multiple websites (one ...
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Is び the reading for a productive suffix 〜日?
In cases where 日 is productively attached as a suffix to an already complete word, what is the canonical reading of this character? I mean cases, when a connecting article の is dropped and 日 becomes a ...
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Compound? how to read
Since every kanji has an inherent meaning when I do know to read a compound? Do I read each kanjis meaning individually or does it somehow make a new meaning? What if the the kanji happens to be next ...
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