On'yomi

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title: On'yomi
text: On'yomi, or the Sino-Japanese reading, is the reading of a kanji based on the historical Chinese pronunciation of the character. A single kanji might have multiple on'yomi pronunciations, reflecting the Chinese pronunciations of different periods or regions. On'yomi pronunciations are generally classified into go-on, kan-on, tō-on and kan'yō-on, roughly based on when they were borrowed from China. Generally, on'yomi pronunciations are used for technical, compound words, while the native kun'yomi
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description: Kanji reading based on the original Chinese
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On%27yomi
date created: 2004-07-29T15:05:09Z
date modified: 2024-08-30T02:39:48Z
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