形声 — sound hints
Most kanji are a meaning part plus a phonetic part that predicts the 音 reading: kanji containing 青 tend to read セイ. Spot the component, guess the reading. The rule holds when the component is doing the sound job — usually the right-hand side (晴・清・精). When it's just a shape in the drawing (旅's 方), it says nothing — those are dimmed, so you learn where the trick applies. 41 of 82 here follow their family's sound (voiced variants like ハン→バン count — that shift is normal inside a family).
- 百 ビャク hundred
- 迫 ハク urge
- 泊 ハク overnight stay
- 拍 ハク clap
- 柏 ハク oak
- 伯 ハク chief
- 舶 ハク liner
- 粕 ハク scrap
- 的 テキ bull's eye
- 原 ゲン meadow
- 島 トウ island
- 優 ユウ tenderness
- 楽 ガク music
- 線 セン line
- 階 カイ storey
- 激 ゲキ violent
- 宿 シュク inn
- 習 シュウ learn
- 皇 コウ emperor
- 源 ゲン source
- 願 ガン petition
- 縮 シュク shrink
- 泉 セン spring
- 皆 カイ all
- 錦 キン brocade
- 綿 メン cotton
- 憂 ユウ melancholy
- 畠 — field