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Also note that the English meaning under each Kanji is just one of many other possible senses.

number one

Meaning: number one; line; rod radical (no. 2)
Kun-yomi: すす.む/しりぞ.く
On-yomi: コン/シ/ジョ/ニョ

hidden

Meaning: hidden; mysterious; secret; to conceal; small; minute; fishhook radical variant (no. 5)
Kun-yomi: かく.す/かく.れる/かか.す/よ.る
On-yomi: イン/オン

legs radical (no. 10)

Meaning: legs radical (no. 10)
Kun-yomi: がい
On-yomi: ジン/ニン

open box enclosure

Meaning: open box enclosure; open box radical (no. 17)
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: カン

street

Meaning: street; ward; town; counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something; even number; 4th calendar sign
Kun-yomi: ひのと
On-yomi: チョウ/テイ/チン/トウ/チ

wild goose

Meaning: wild goose; trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
Kun-yomi: かりがね
On-yomi: カン

person

Meaning: person
Kun-yomi: ひと/-り/-と
On-yomi: ジン/ニン

curving river radical (no.47)

Meaning: curving river radical (no.47)
Kun-yomi: かわ
On-yomi: セン

three

Meaning: three
Kun-yomi: み/み.つ/みっ.つ
On-yomi: サン/ゾウ

mountain

Meaning: mountain
Kun-yomi: やま
On-yomi: サン/セン
广

dotted cliff radical (no. 53)

Meaning: dotted cliff radical (no. 53)
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ゲン

mediocre

Meaning: mediocre
Kun-yomi: およ.そ/おうよ.そ/すべ.て
On-yomi: ボン/ハン

thousand

Meaning: thousand
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: セン

stream

Meaning: stream; river; river or 3-stroke river radical (no. 47)
Kun-yomi: かわ
On-yomi: セン

long stride or stretching radical (no. 54)

Meaning: long stride or stretching radical (no. 54)
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: イン

blade

Meaning: blade; sword; edge
Kun-yomi: は/やいば/き.る
On-yomi: ジン/ニン

ten thousand

Meaning: ten thousand; 10,000
Kun-yomi: よろず
On-yomi: マン/バン

three

Meaning: three; hair ornament; short hair or fur radical (no. 59)
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: サン/セン

to fly rapidly

Meaning: to fly rapidly
Kun-yomi: とぶ
On-yomi: シン

towel

Meaning: towel; hanging scroll; width; cloth radical (no. 50)
Kun-yomi: おお.い/ちきり/きれ
On-yomi: キン/フク

above

Meaning: above; up
Kun-yomi: うえ/-うえ/うわ-/かみ/あ.げる/-あ.げる/あ.がる/-あ.がる/あ.がり
On-yomi: ジョウ/ショウ/シャン

dry

Meaning: dry; parch
Kun-yomi: ほ.す/ほ.し-/-ぼ.し/ひ.る
On-yomi: カン

shaped crown

Meaning: shaped crown; katakana u radical (no. 40)
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ベン/メン

blade

Meaning: blade; sword; edge
Kun-yomi: は/やいば/き.る
On-yomi: ジン/ニン

heart

Meaning: heart; standing heart radical variant (no. 61)
Kun-yomi: こころ
On-yomi: シン

round

Meaning: round; full (month); perfection; -ship; pills; make round; roll up; curl up; seduce; explain away
Kun-yomi: まる/まる.める/まる.い
On-yomi: ガン

measurement

Meaning: measurement; foot; 10
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: スン

all

Meaning: all; any; every ordinary; common
Kun-yomi: およ.そ/おおよ.そ/すべ.て
On-yomi: ボン/ハン

beginning

Meaning: beginning; former time; origin
Kun-yomi: もと
On-yomi: ゲン/ガン

phantasm

Meaning: phantasm; vision; dream; illusion; apparition
Kun-yomi: まぼろし
On-yomi: ゲン

rust-colored

Meaning: rust-colored; red; red lead; pills
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: タン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: あげまき/あらがね/くさかんむり
On-yomi: カン

parapet

Meaning: parapet; invisible
Kun-yomi: みえぬ
On-yomi: ベン/メン

equal

Meaning: equal
Kun-yomi: すく.ない/ひと.しい
On-yomi: イン

barracks

Meaning: barracks; police station; camp
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: トン

equal

Meaning: equal; impartially; uniform; even
Kun-yomi: すくない/ひとしい
On-yomi: イン

license

Meaning: license; sincerity; permit
Kun-yomi: じょう/まこと.に/ゆるす
On-yomi: イン

pull

Meaning: pull; tug; jerk; admit; install; quote; refer to
Kun-yomi: ひ.く/ひ.き/ひ.き-/-び.き/ひ.ける
On-yomi: イン

axe

Meaning: axe; 1.32 lb; catty; counter for loaves of bread; axe radical (no. 69)
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: キン

to look upward

Meaning: to look upward
Kun-yomi: あお.ぐ/たるき/のき
On-yomi: セン/ギ/エン

law

Meaning: law; rule; rash; hasty
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ベン/ヘン/ハン

say

Meaning: say
Kun-yomi: い.う/ここに
On-yomi: ウン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: とな.る/となり
On-yomi: リン

heart

Meaning: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61)
Kun-yomi: こころ/-ごころ
On-yomi: シン

part

Meaning: part; minute of time; segment; share; degree; one's lot; duty; understand; know; rate; 1%; chances; shaku; 100
Kun-yomi: わ.ける/わ.け/わ.かれる/わ.かる/わ.かつ
On-yomi: ブン/フン/ブ

circle

Meaning: circle; yen; round
Kun-yomi: まる.い/まる/まど/まど.か/まろ.やか
On-yomi: エン

sentence

Meaning: sentence; literature; style; art; decoration; figures; plan; literary radical (no. 67)
Kun-yomi: ふみ/あや
On-yomi: ブン/モン

now

Meaning: now
Kun-yomi: いま
On-yomi: コン/キン

humanity

Meaning: humanity; virtue; benevolence; charity; man; kernel
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ジン/ニ/ニン

9th calendar sign

Meaning: 9th calendar sign
Kun-yomi: みずのえ
On-yomi: ニン/ジン/イ

one-sided

Meaning: one-sided; leaf; sheet; right-side kata radical (no. 91)
Kun-yomi: かた-/かた
On-yomi: ヘン

environs

Meaning: environs; boundary; border; vicinity
Kun-yomi: あた.り/ほと.り/-べ
On-yomi: ヘン

an official rank

Meaning: an official rank
Kun-yomi: おさ/ただ.す
On-yomi: イン

heavens

Meaning: heavens; sky; imperial
Kun-yomi: あまつ/あめ/あま-
On-yomi: テン

lack

Meaning: lack; gap; fail; yawning radical (no. 76)
Kun-yomi: か.ける/か.く
On-yomi: ケツ/ケン

tender

Meaning: tender; weak; gradually alternating
Kun-yomi: あや.うい
On-yomi: ゼン/ネン

to move on

Meaning: to move on; doubtful
Kun-yomi: おこた.る/ためら.う/うたが.う
On-yomi: イン/ユ

anti-

Meaning: anti-
Kun-yomi: そ.る/そ.らす/かえ.す/かえ.る/-かえ.る
On-yomi: ハン/ホン/タン/ホ

dog

Meaning: dog
Kun-yomi: いぬ/いぬ-
On-yomi: ケン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: かさ
On-yomi: サン

pierce

Meaning: pierce; penetrate; brace
Kun-yomi: つらぬ.く
On-yomi: カン
辿

follow (road)

Meaning: follow (road); pursue
Kun-yomi: たど.る/たどり
On-yomi: テン

patrol

Meaning: patrol; go around; circumference
Kun-yomi: めぐ.る/めぐ.り
On-yomi: ジュン

mysterious

Meaning: mysterious; occultness
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ゲン

daybreak

Meaning: daybreak; dawn; morning
Kun-yomi: あき.らか/あきら/ただし/あさ/あした
On-yomi: タン/ダン

pressure

Meaning: pressure; push; overwhelm; oppress; dominate
Kun-yomi: お.す/へ.す/おさ.える/お.さえる
On-yomi: アツ/エン/オウ

red

Meaning: red; tan
Kun-yomi: あや.うい
On-yomi: ゼン/ネン

used in women's names

Meaning: used in women's names
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: テイ/チョウ/テン

book

Meaning: book; present; main; origin; true; real; counter for long cylindrical things
Kun-yomi: もと
On-yomi: ホン

hermit

Meaning: hermit; wizard; cent
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: セン/セント

fortune-telling

Meaning: fortune-telling; divining; forecasting; occupy; hold; have; get; take
Kun-yomi: し.める/うらな.う
On-yomi: セン

cut

Meaning: cut; whittle
Kun-yomi: き.る/けず.る
On-yomi: カン/セン

people

Meaning: people; nation; subjects
Kun-yomi: たみ
On-yomi: ミン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: よ.る/ちな.む
On-yomi: イン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: かしこ.い
On-yomi: ジン/ニン

advance quickly

Meaning: advance quickly; to go back and forth; origin; source
Kun-yomi: もと
On-yomi: ホン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: かりがね/がんだれ
On-yomi: カン

armor

Meaning: armor; high (voice); A grade; first class; former; instep; carapace
Kun-yomi: きのえ
On-yomi: コウ/カン/カ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: たい.らか
On-yomi: テイ/チョウ/テン

publish

Meaning: publish; carve; engrave
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: カン

saguaro-like kanji

Meaning: saguaro-like kanji; horn-shaped locks of hair; young; tender
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: カン/ケン

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