The Tofugu Podcast: Japan and Japanese Language

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

Sep 22, 2017

01:36:45

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The Congi for Life

04:46

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01:49

Y the Hungrier Get That Wasn't That Funny, Michael

01:39

Introduction

2min

The History of Konji

2min

The History of Conje

2min

The Legend of Congge

2min

Then the Sky Rained Millet

1min

The Legend of the Yellow Emperor, Congier

2min

Is This a Chimera?

2min

Canju's a Writing System

2min

What's Happened to the Turtles?

3min

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Comady Conge Ten Thousand.

2min

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Are the Oracles Burning Turtle Shells?

2min

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Tortoises in a Fire

2min

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How Did China Create All This Stuff in Japan?

4min

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What's the Meaning of Mano Gana Forone Ya? Mano Walloing Lon Withther

2min

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Conge a - Is There a Better Way to Do This?

1min

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Learn Kata Kana on Tofugu Dot Com in Less Than a Day

3min

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Katakana

2min

18.

The History of Women's Writing

2min

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Y the Hungrier Get That Wasn't That Funny, Michael

2min

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How Do We Get From Manogana to Tokio

2min

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What's the Difference Between a Chinese and a Japanese Reading?

2min

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Woo Dynasty

3min

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The Mongolian Podcast

2min

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The Han Dynasty and Its Meanings and Readings

2min

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How to Learn a Konji?

2min

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Why Didn't Japan Be Like, Ocool?

2min

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The Toku Gaa Readings Aren't Really Chinese

2min

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Koici, You're Just Like the Hawaii of Asia?

2min

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How to Learn the Onomi and Kunomi Readings?

2min

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The Congi for Life

5min

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How to Learn Japanese Spelling

2min

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Congi Fun Facts With Christin

3min

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How Do You Express Up and Down in English?

2min

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What Is the Difference Between Right and Left?

3min

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How Many Have We Done Flats?

3min

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What's the Meaning of the Konji?

2min

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What's the Congi for Sushi?

2min

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Congi Facts

2min

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You Don't Cowdown That Hungry Hobbit Grass

2min

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Discovery Zone - What Was Mine?

2min

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I Congi Is So Cool!

3min

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Typing of the Dead

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Japanese People Made Up Their Own Fish

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I'll Send a Sticker to You.

2min

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Do We Read All? I'll Make One Up!

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The Tofugo Podcast - I'm a Secret Spy

3min

Read the article: https://tfg.li/2wMOjkR This is maybe the most frustrating aspect of studying kanji. You start learning 山 as やま. Cool, one kanji memorized. Wait... it can also be read as さん. Wait. All your other kanji have 2 or 4 extra readings too! Some are on'yomi. Some are kun'yomi. Why does this have to be so complicated?! It may seem confusing at first, but if you learn the difference between on'yomi/kun'yomi readings, where they came from, and how they work, we promise it will make learning kanji a lot easier. Listen to this kanji-tastic episode where Kristen explains all this and more. When you're breezing through kanji like a pro, you'll be glad you did. iTunes:https://tfg.li/tofugu-podcast Google Play: https://tfg.li/tofugu-gplay

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