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Let's look at the kanji for wind, which can be read "fuu", "fu", or "kaze".
The on-readings are "fuu" and "fu", and the kun-reading is "kaze". On
the right you can see an example definition for this kanji. Notice that
the on-readings are in capitals, and the kun-reading is in lower-case.
This is a standard convention used by most kanji dictionaries, to help
you distinguish between the two.
Notice that when the kanji is used as part of a compound noun (e.g. "taifuu"
or "ofuro"), an on-reading ("fuu" or "fu") is normally used. If you click
on any of the other kanji that combine with this one, you'll see from
their definition pages that they also use on-readings when forming compounds
(the "wa" in wafuu, for example).
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FUU
/ FU / kaze
wind, manner


kaze - wind
 
taifuu - typhoon
  
ofuro - bath
 
wafuu - Japanese-style
 
kofuu - old-fashioned |