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What's the Difference Between On'yomi and Kun'yomi Kanji?

The Tofugu Podcast: Japan and Japanese Language

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What's the Meaning of the Konji?

Kongi reading works over 90% of the time, says Michael Schulder. It's because of this pattern, they're saying, well, the right side is this. This doesn't work a hundred % of the time,. but a lot of the time it works. Some you can't always infer the reading or the meaning, because it's, it can be difficult to kind of like figures as really te ting.

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