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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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The Han Dynasty and Its Meanings and Readings

The han dynasty is where we got most of our conge. It's the chinese, it's toll for china, which is the closest to current day mandarin. So you have four or more readings to know, because they're all used different words. But then that leaves us with all of these kanji with the same meaning and reading.

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