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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

I

Meaning: I; myself; katakana mu radical (no. 28)
Kun-yomi: わたくし/ござ.る
On-yomi: シ/ボウ/ム

under

Meaning: under; underneath; below; down; inferior; bring down
Kun-yomi: した/しも/もと/さ.げる/さ.がる/くだ.る/くだ.す/くだ.さる/お.ろす/
On-yomi: カ/ゲ

mouth

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

of

Meaning: of; this
Kun-yomi: の/これ/おいて/ゆく/この
On-yomi:

bestow

Meaning: bestow; participate in; give; award; impart; provide; cause; gift; godsend
Kun-yomi: あた.える/あずか.る/くみ.する/ともに
On-yomi:

below

Meaning: below; down; descend; give; low; inferior
Kun-yomi: した/しも/もと/さ.げる/さ.がる/くだ.る/くだ.り/くだ.す/-くだ.す/
On-yomi: カ/ゲ

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

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: くさかんむり
On-yomi: ソウ

compare

Meaning: compare; race; ratio; Philipines
Kun-yomi: くら.べる
On-yomi:

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: すく.う
On-yomi: ショウ

few

Meaning: few; little
Kun-yomi: すく.ない/すこ.し
On-yomi: ショウ

equal

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

equal

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

say

Meaning: say; reason; pretext; history; past; flat sun radical (no. 73)
Kun-yomi: いわ.く/のたま.う/のたま.わく/ここに
On-yomi: エツ

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

lack

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

halberd

Meaning: halberd; arms; festival car; float; tasselled spear radical (no. 62)
Kun-yomi: ほこ/ほこづくり
On-yomi:

pierce

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

to create

Meaning: to create; to make; to invent; to begin
Kun-yomi: つく.る/はじ.める/きず.つける
On-yomi: ソウ/ショウ

milk

Meaning: milk; woman's breasts; nurse
Kun-yomi: ちち/はぐく.む
On-yomi: ダイ/ネ/ナイ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: たくみ
On-yomi: ショウ

adroit

Meaning: adroit; skilled; ingenuity
Kun-yomi: たく.み/たく.む/うま.い
On-yomi: コウ

government office

Meaning: government office
Kun-yomi: やくしょ
On-yomi: チョウ/テイ

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

scratch

Meaning: scratch; dig up; crawl; crouch
Kun-yomi: ぬ.く/さば.く
On-yomi: ハイ/ハツ/ハチ

grass

Meaning: grass
Kun-yomi: くさ
On-yomi: キ/ケ

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

another

Meaning: another; separate; other
Kun-yomi: わか.れる/さ.く/べつ.の/べつ.に
On-yomi: レイ/リョウ

to cut meat off away from bones

Meaning: to cut meat off away from bones; ancient torture
Kun-yomi: わ.ける/さ.く
On-yomi: カ/ケ

calm

Meaning: calm; peaceful; serene; healthy
Kun-yomi: たくわ.える
On-yomi: チョ

concave

Meaning: concave; hollow; sunken
Kun-yomi: くぼ.む/へこ.む/ぼこ
On-yomi: オウ

wrap

Meaning: wrap; pack up; cover; conceal
Kun-yomi: つつ.む/くる.む
On-yomi: ホウ

add

Meaning: add; addition; increase; join; include; Canada
Kun-yomi: くわ.える/くわ.わる
On-yomi:

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: ゆ.く/およ.ぶ
On-yomi: ショウ/ニョウ

strike

Meaning: strike; beat; hit; thrash; criticize
Kun-yomi: たた.く/はた.く/すぎ
On-yomi: コウ

dirt clod

Meaning: dirt clod; piece
Kun-yomi: かた.まり/つちくれ
On-yomi: カイ/ケ

row a boat

Meaning: row a boat; paddle a boat; finger guess
Kun-yomi: さおさ.す/かま/さ.く
On-yomi: カ/ゲ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: さ.く
On-yomi: リ/レイ/ライ

to descend

Meaning: to descend; to come down from heaven; to send down
Kun-yomi: お.りる/お.ろす/ふ.る/くだ.る/くだ.す
On-yomi: コウ/ゴ

to hang the head

Meaning: to hang the head; to bow the head; to droop; to lower; low; beneath
Kun-yomi: ひく.い/ひく.める/ひく.まる
On-yomi: テイ
仿

imitate

Meaning: imitate; copy; as if; stand still; wander
Kun-yomi: さまよ.う/なら.う/くら.べる
On-yomi: ホウ

handsome

Meaning: handsome
Kun-yomi: うつく.しい
On-yomi:

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: くる.しむ
On-yomi: アイ/ア

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: くら.べる
On-yomi:

decay

Meaning: decay; rot; remain in seclusion
Kun-yomi: く.ちる
On-yomi: キュウ

handle

Meaning: handle; entertain; thresh; strip
Kun-yomi: あつか.い/あつか.う/あつか.る/こ.く
On-yomi: ソウ/キュウ

low-lying land

Meaning: low-lying land; (kokuji)
Kun-yomi: あくつ
On-yomi:

draw (water)

Meaning: draw (water); ladle; scoop; pump
Kun-yomi: く.む
On-yomi: キュウ

artisan

Meaning: artisan; workman; carpenter
Kun-yomi: たくみ
On-yomi: ショウ

decide

Meaning: decide; determine; judge
Kun-yomi: き.める/き.まる/さ.く
On-yomi: ケチ/ケツ

offing

Meaning: offing; open sea; rise high into sky
Kun-yomi: おき/おきつ/ちゅう.する/わく
On-yomi: チュウ

decapitate

Meaning: decapitate
Kun-yomi: は.ねる/くびは.ねる
On-yomi: フン

correct

Meaning: correct; save; assist
Kun-yomi: すく.う
On-yomi: キョウ/オウ

yonder

Meaning: yonder; facing; beyond; confront; defy; tend toward; approach
Kun-yomi: む.く/む.い/-む.き/む.ける/-む.け/む.かう/む.かい/む.こう/む.
On-yomi: コウ

grass

Meaning: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140)
Kun-yomi: くさ
On-yomi: ソウ

whole

Meaning: whole; entire; all; complete; fulfill
Kun-yomi: まった.く/すべ.て
On-yomi: ゼン

fond

Meaning: fond; pleasing; like something
Kun-yomi: この.む/す.く/よ.い/い.い
On-yomi: コウ

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

help

Meaning: help
Kun-yomi: すく.う/たす.ける
On-yomi: ジョウ/ショウ

mortar

Meaning: mortar
Kun-yomi: うす/うすづ.く
On-yomi: キュウ/グ

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

move

Meaning: move
Kun-yomi: うご.く
On-yomi: ゴツ/ゴチ/ゲツ/ガチ

dike

Meaning: dike; embankment
Kun-yomi: つつ.み/きし/くぼ.む
On-yomi: ウ/オ/イ/キョ

destroyed

Meaning: destroyed; ruined; to subvert; to injure
Kun-yomi: やぶ.る/やぶ.れる/くつが.えす/くつが.える
On-yomi:

going

Meaning: going; journey
Kun-yomi: い.く/ゆ.く/-ゆ.き/-ゆき/-い.き/-いき/おこな.う/おこ.なう
On-yomi: コウ/ギョウ/アン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: しずかにゆ.く
On-yomi:

exhaust

Meaning: exhaust; use up; run out of; deplete; befriend; serve
Kun-yomi: つ.くす/-つ.くす/-づ.くし/-つ.く/-づ.く/-ず.く/つ.きる/つ.か
On-yomi: ジン/サン

village

Meaning: village; rural community; right village radical (no. 163)
Kun-yomi: うれ.える/くに/むら
On-yomi: ユウ

undertake

Meaning: undertake; scheme; design; attempt; plan
Kun-yomi: くわだ.てる/たくら.む
On-yomi:

to bump

Meaning: to bump
Kun-yomi: つ.く
On-yomi: トウ/ジョウ/テイ/チョウ

hill

Meaning: hill
Kun-yomi: さか/くず.れる
On-yomi: チ/シ/タ

desk

Meaning: desk; table
Kun-yomi: つくえ
On-yomi:

come

Meaning: come; plough; 3-branch tree radical (no. 127)
Kun-yomi: き/く/すき
On-yomi: ライ/ルイ

spit

Meaning: spit; vomit; belch; confess; tell (lies)
Kun-yomi: は.く/つ.く
On-yomi:

affair

Meaning: affair; case; matter; item
Kun-yomi: くだん
On-yomi: ケン

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