Chinese Reading
On'yomi
noun, verbal noun
The sound reading. What could this be...? Wait a sec, think to Japanese and kanji. What's the reading that uses sounds from another place, specifically China? That's the Chinese reading, aka the on'yomi. Sounds familiar?
The reading for 音 is the 音読み. 読み uses the kun'yomi, though, strangely. Way to mess up the one word that should be all on'yomi, Japan. Way. To. Go.
二つの音読み
two Chinese readings
文字の音読み
a character's Chinese reading
漢字の音読み
a kanji's Chinese reading
この漢字の音読みって何だっけ？
What was the on'yomi for this kanji again?
音読みは中国の漢字読み方がベースです。
On'yomi readings are based on how kanji are read in China.
日本語の音読みと訓読みの違いは何ですか？
What’s the difference between the Chinese reading and the Japanese reading in the Japanese language?