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JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

音おん読よみ

on'yomi

Chinese-derived kanji reading

Example sentences

  1. 音読おんよみで社号しゃごうを読よむのは仏教ぶっきょうの影響えいきょうである。

    The influence of Buddhism is why shrine names are read using Chinese-derived readings.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 何故なぜか家族かぞくを含ふくむ周囲しゅういの人間にんげんからは音読おんよみの「けんと」としか呼よばれない。

    For some reason, everyone around him, including his family, only calls him “Kento,” using the Chinese-derived reading of his name.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. この漢字かんじの音読おんよみを教おしえてください。

    Please tell me the Chinese-derived reading of this kanji.

    Written by AI for Bebop

Kanji in 音読

  • 音sound; noiseOnオン・イン・-ノンKunおと・ね
  • 読readOnドク・トク・トウKunよむ

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