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

divining

Meaning: divining; fortune-telling; divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
Kun-yomi: うらな.う/うらない
On-yomi: ボク

power

Meaning: power; strength; strong; strain; bear up; exert
Kun-yomi: ちから
On-yomi: リョク/リキ/リイ

nine

Meaning: nine
Kun-yomi: ここの/ここの.つ
On-yomi: キュウ/ク

box or enclosure radical (no. 31)

Meaning: box or enclosure radical (no. 31); box
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: イ/コク

long time

Meaning: long time; old story
Kun-yomi: ひさ.しい
On-yomi: キュウ/ク

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: かたむ.ける
On-yomi: ショク/シキ/レツ/レチ

twenty

Meaning: twenty; 20; twenty or letter H radical (no. 55)
Kun-yomi: にじゅう
On-yomi: キョウ/ク

piling

Meaning: piling; ceremony radical (no. 56)
Kun-yomi: いぐるみ
On-yomi: ヨク

mouth

Meaning: mouth
Kun-yomi: くち
On-yomi: コウ/ク

craft

Meaning: craft; construction; katakana e radical (no. 48)
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: コウ/ク/グ

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

larvae of the mosquito

Meaning: larvae of the mosquito
Kun-yomi: ひだりのうでがない/みじか.い
On-yomi: ケツ/カチ/キョウ/ク/クツ

ladle

Meaning: ladle; one tenth of a go; dip
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: シャク

going

Meaning: going; from
Kun-yomi: ここに/ああ/おいて/に/より/を
On-yomi: ウ/ク

to depend on

Meaning: to depend on; to entrust with
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: タク/チャク

walk

Meaning: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162)
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: チャク

to take small steps

Meaning: to take small steps; Korean place name
Kun-yomi: たたず.む
On-yomi: チョク

public

Meaning: public; prince; official; governmental
Kun-yomi: おおやけ
On-yomi: コウ/ク

be bent

Meaning: be bent; slope; capture
Kun-yomi: かぎ/ま.がる
On-yomi: コウ/ク

strike

Meaning: strike; hit; folding chair radical (no. 66)
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ホク

strike

Meaning: strike; hit; folding chair radical variant (no. 66)
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ホク

ward

Meaning: ward; district
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ク/オウ/コウ

six

Meaning: six
Kun-yomi: む/む.つ/むっ.つ/むい
On-yomi: ロク/リク

tree

Meaning: tree; wood
Kun-yomi: き/こ-
On-yomi: ボク/モク

unlucky

Meaning: unlucky; misfortune; bad luck; disaster
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ヤク

shaku

Meaning: shaku; Japanese foot; measure; scale; rule
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: シャク

be seen dimly

Meaning: be seen dimly; suggest; intimate; faint; stupid; hint
Kun-yomi: ほの.か/ほの-/ほの.めかす/ほの.めく/かたむ.く
On-yomi: ソク

surplus or excess

Meaning: surplus or excess; remainder
Kun-yomi: はたら.く
On-yomi: ドウ/リュク/リキ/ロク/リョク

catch

Meaning: catch
Kun-yomi: も.つ/と.る
On-yomi: ケキ/キャク

tome

Meaning: tome; counter for books; volume
Kun-yomi: ふみ
On-yomi: サツ/サク

stone

Meaning: stone
Kun-yomi: いし
On-yomi: セキ/シャク/コク

north

Meaning: north
Kun-yomi: きた
On-yomi: ホク

counter for books

Meaning: counter for books; volume
Kun-yomi: ふみ
On-yomi: サツ/サク

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ロク

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: ゆびのまた/なつめ
On-yomi: ロク/キョク

achievement

Meaning: achievement; merits; success; honor; credit
Kun-yomi: いさお
On-yomi: コウ/ク

though

Meaning: though; notwithstanding; while; during; both; all
Kun-yomi: -なが.ら/たちま.ち
On-yomi: サ/サク

jewel

Meaning: jewel; ball
Kun-yomi: たま/たま-/-だま
On-yomi: ギョク

drag along

Meaning: drag along
Kun-yomi: せま.い
On-yomi: アク/セク

divine

Meaning: divine
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ロク/リョク/リキ

pound

Meaning: pound; beat; strike; attack
Kun-yomi: かるくう.つ/むちう.つ
On-yomi: ボク/ハク/ホウ/フ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: さ.く/はりつ.け/ひら.く
On-yomi: タク/チャク

holy

Meaning: holy; sacred
Kun-yomi: たがや.す
On-yomi: コツ/クツ/コチ/セイ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: つちくれ
On-yomi: ハク/ホク

mushroom

Meaning: mushroom
Kun-yomi: きのこ
On-yomi: ロク

phrase

Meaning: phrase; clause; sentence; passage; paragraph; counter for haiku
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi:

eye

Meaning: eye; class; look; insight; experience; care; favor
Kun-yomi: め/-め/ま-
On-yomi: モク/ボク

trailing sickness

Meaning: trailing sickness; sick radical (no. 104)
Kun-yomi: や.む
On-yomi: ダク/ニャク/ソウ/ジョウ/シツ

great achievement

Meaning: great achievement
Kun-yomi: こうろうがおおきい/おも.う
On-yomi: ロク

white

Meaning: white
Kun-yomi: しろ/しら-/しろ.い
On-yomi: ハク/ビャク

vein

Meaning: vein
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ロク

can

Meaning: can; passable; mustn't; should not; do not
Kun-yomi: -べ.き/-べ.し
On-yomi: カ/コク

lofty

Meaning: lofty
Kun-yomi: そび.える
On-yomi: リョク/リキ

young girl

Meaning: young girl; strange; different
Kun-yomi: おとめ/よ.る
On-yomi: タ/タク

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: まるきばし
On-yomi: ハク/シャク/チャク/テキ

rising sun

Meaning: rising sun; morning sun
Kun-yomi: あさひ
On-yomi: キョク

crude

Meaning: crude; simple; plain; docile
Kun-yomi: ほう/ほお/えのき
On-yomi: ボク

to pour

Meaning: to pour
Kun-yomi: うるお.う
On-yomi: サク/シャク

state in Henan province

Meaning: state in Henan province
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ウ/ク

strong

Meaning: strong
Kun-yomi: ちから
On-yomi: キン/コン/ロク

bamboo

Meaning: bamboo
Kun-yomi: たけ
On-yomi: チク

kind of herb

Meaning: kind of herb
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: キュウ/ク

also

Meaning: also; again
Kun-yomi: また
On-yomi: エキ/ヤク

each

Meaning: each; every; either
Kun-yomi: おのおの
On-yomi: カク

hundred

Meaning: hundred
Kun-yomi: もも
On-yomi: ヒャク/ビャク

bend

Meaning: bend; music; melody; composition; pleasure; injustice; fault; curve; crooked; perverse; lean
Kun-yomi: ま.がる/ま.げる/くま
On-yomi: キョク

meat

Meaning: meat
Kun-yomi: しし
On-yomi: ニク

go-between

Meaning: go-between
Kun-yomi: なこうど
On-yomi: シャク

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: はやくうつ
On-yomi: チョウ/テキ/チャク/シャク

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: さしまね.く
On-yomi: ウ/ク

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: ゆみをはってねら.う/も.つ
On-yomi: オ/ウ/コ/ク

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: あと
On-yomi: シャク/サク/ショウ

rib

Meaning: rib
Kun-yomi: あばら
On-yomi: ロク

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: つの
On-yomi: ロク

obedient

Meaning: obedient; united
Kun-yomi: したが.う
On-yomi: ニャク/シャク

prostrated

Meaning: prostrated; bend down; bow; cover; lay (pipes)
Kun-yomi: ふ.せる/ふ.す
On-yomi: フク

color

Meaning: color
Kun-yomi: いろ
On-yomi: ショク/シキ

exclamation

Meaning: exclamation
Kun-yomi: ああ
On-yomi: ク/ウ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: キュウ/ク

bridge

Meaning: bridge
Kun-yomi: まるきばし
On-yomi: ハク/シャク/チャク/テキ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ケキ/キャク

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