Tuttle Learning Japanese Kanji. Glen Nolan Grant

      Less Common Pronunciations

      Less common ON reading: none

      Less Common kun readings: mi- (みっ); mi (み)

      Here we have our first examples of some less common readings, in this case the two kun-yomi “mi-” and “mi”. Keep in mind that “less common” does not equate with “unimportant,” as to read Japanese fluently these pronunciations will all have to be learned in time. At this stage, however, it is far more useful to solidify the common readings in your memory and take up the others when they are encountered in the future. When you reach that stage, the appropriate phrase for the respective kanji (e.g. “Three SANDWICHES”) can simply be extended to accommodate additional mnemonic words.

      In the present example, the first kun-yomi appears in only two words, and always “doubles up” in the same way “ITSU” (the on-yomi for “一”) does when preceding voiceless consonant sounds (this is indicated by the short dash after mi). In a sense, this reading is unusual enough to merit the words being learned as if they were irregular readings: 三日 [mik·ka (みっ.か)] “the third day of the month”, and 三つ [mit·tsu (みっ.つ)] the general counter for “three”. The second less common reading is more typical of the pronunciations you will find in this section. The words in which it occurs are obscure; it is enough to be aware that such less common readings exist for some of the kanji in this book, but that you don’t need to worry about them for now.

      KANJI #6

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