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

mow

Meaning: mow; cut grass; subdue
Kun-yomi: おさ.める/か.る
On-yomi: ガイ/カイ/ゲ

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
广

dotted cliff radical (no. 53)

Meaning: dotted cliff radical (no. 53)
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ゲン

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

tusk

Meaning: tusk; fang; tusk radical (no. 92)
Kun-yomi: きば/は
On-yomi: ガ/ゲ

beginning

Meaning: beginning; former time; origin
Kun-yomi: もと
On-yomi: ゲン/ガン

phantasm

Meaning: phantasm; vision; dream; illusion; apparition
Kun-yomi: まぼろし
On-yomi: ゲン

month

Meaning: month; moon
Kun-yomi: つき
On-yomi: ゲツ/ガツ

mysterious

Meaning: mysterious; occultness
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ゲン

outside

Meaning: outside
Kun-yomi: そと/ほか/はず.す/はず.れる/と-
On-yomi: ガイ/ゲ

moxa

Meaning: moxa; sagebrush; wormwood; mugwort
Kun-yomi: もぐさ/よもぎ/おさ.める/か.る
On-yomi: カイ/ゲイ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: きしがたかい/あおご
On-yomi: ガツ/ガチ/ゲツ/ゲチ

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

cutting off feet as form of punishment

Meaning: cutting off feet as form of punishment
Kun-yomi: き.る/あやう.い
On-yomi: ゲツ/グチ/ゴツ/ゴチ/カツ

move

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

welcome

Meaning: welcome; meet; greet
Kun-yomi: むか.える
On-yomi: ゲイ

disobedient

Meaning: disobedient
Kun-yomi: さか.らう
On-yomi: ゲキ/ギャク/ハク/ヒャク

say

Meaning: say
Kun-yomi: い.う/こと
On-yomi: ゲン/ゴン

name of a river in western Hunan that flows into Dongting lake

Meaning: name of a river in western Hunan that flows into Dongting lake
Kun-yomi: みなもと
On-yomi: ゲン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: みめよ.い
On-yomi: ゲン/ガン

place name

Meaning: place name
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ゲン

newborn babe

Meaning: newborn babe; child; young of animals
Kun-yomi: こ/-こ/-っこ
On-yomi: ジ/ニ/ゲイ

move

Meaning: move
Kun-yomi: うご.く/か.える/か.わる
On-yomi: グウ/ゲ/カ

technique

Meaning: technique; art; craft; performance; acting; trick; stunt
Kun-yomi: う.える/のり/わざ
On-yomi: ゲイ/ウン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ケン/ゲン

to go to meet

Meaning: to go to meet; to receive; as a guest
Kun-yomi: むか.える
On-yomi: ガ/ゲ/ギョ/ゴ

bowstring

Meaning: bowstring; chord; hypotenuse
Kun-yomi: つる
On-yomi: ゲン

punishment by cutting off ears

Meaning: punishment by cutting off ears
Kun-yomi: みみきり
On-yomi: ジ/ニ/ゲイ

inverted

Meaning: inverted; reverse; opposite; wicked
Kun-yomi: さか/さか.さ/さか.らう
On-yomi: ギャク/ゲキ

child

Meaning: child; young of animals
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ジ/ニ/ゲイ

pit

Meaning: pit; hole
Kun-yomi: おとしあな
On-yomi: カン/ゲン/コン

weep

Meaning: weep; cry; shine; glisten
Kun-yomi: なが.れる
On-yomi: ケン/ゲン

type of vetch

Meaning: type of vetch
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ゲン/ガン

precipice

Meaning: precipice; shore; bank; surname; cliff
Kun-yomi: がけ/きし/かたえ/はて
On-yomi: ガイ/ゲ/ギ

beautiful

Meaning: beautiful
Kun-yomi: うつくしい
On-yomi: ケンゲン

concatenate

Meaning: concatenate; compose; covered in a gauze like net
Kun-yomi: と.じる/つづ.る/すみ.やか
On-yomi: テイ/テツ/テチ/ゲツ/イ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ケツ/ゲチ

mutter

Meaning: mutter; grumble; murmur
Kun-yomi: つぶや.く
On-yomi: ゲン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: はらくだし
On-yomi: カ/ゲ

hero

Meaning: hero; heroic; outstanding
Kun-yomi: すぐ.れる
On-yomi: ケツ/ゲチ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: ふじもどき
On-yomi: ゲン/ガン

skill

Meaning: skill; ability in handicraft a craft; an art; calling; trade; accomplishment
Kun-yomi: う.える/のり/わざ
On-yomi: ゲイ/ウン

mysterious gem

Meaning: mysterious gem; pearl
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ゲツ/ガチ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: もと.る/おと.る
On-yomi: ゲン/ギン/ガン

limit

Meaning: limit; restrict; to best of ability
Kun-yomi: かぎ.る/かぎ.り/-かぎ.り
On-yomi: ゲン

lad

Meaning: lad; boy (ancient)
Kun-yomi: ひこ
On-yomi: ゲン

to grind

Meaning: to grind; to calender; to polish; to roll with a stone roller
Kun-yomi: する
On-yomi: ガ/ゲ
羿

legendary archer

Meaning: legendary archer
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ゲイ

vicious

Meaning: vicious; cruel; severely; extreme
Kun-yomi: もと.る
On-yomi: ガン/ゲン/コン

all

Meaning: all; same
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: カン/ゲン

crevice

Meaning: crevice; interstice
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ゲキ/キャク/ケキ

crawl

Meaning: crawl; creep; grovel; trail (vines)
Kun-yomi: は.う/は.い/むか.える/この
On-yomi: シャ/ゲン

inferior silk

Meaning: inferior silk; tassel; fringe
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: コツ/ゴチ/ケツ/ゲチ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ガイ/ゲ/グツ/グチ/キ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: すす.む/まつ
On-yomi: ギ/ゲ/シ

cramps

Meaning: cramps
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ゲン/ケン

meadow

Meaning: meadow; original; primitive; field; plain; prairie; tundra; wilderness
Kun-yomi: はら
On-yomi: ゲン

law

Meaning: law; rule; door post
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ゲツ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: のり
On-yomi: ゲイ

to jolt

Meaning: to jolt
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ゲ/コツ

faint

Meaning: faint; dizzy
Kun-yomi: げん.す/くるめ.く/まぶ.しい/くら.む/まど.う/めま.い/まばゆ.い/くれ
On-yomi: ゲン/カン

flag

Meaning: flag
Kun-yomi: はた
On-yomi: キ/ゲ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: ごうまん
On-yomi: バン/マン/カン/ゲン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ギン/ゴン/ガン/ゲン

bare

Meaning: bare; naked; uncovered
Kun-yomi: はだか/せま.い/かたぬ.ぐ/すはだ
On-yomi: ラ/カ/ゲ

tip-toe

Meaning: tip-toe
Kun-yomi: はう
On-yomi: キ/ゲ

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: いもり
On-yomi: ゲン/ガン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: こくぞうむし
On-yomi: キ/ゲ/カイ

cross-bar at end of poles of cart

Meaning: cross-bar at end of poles of cart
Kun-yomi: くさび
On-yomi: ゲツ/ガチ/ゴツ/ゴチ

the snarling of dogs

Meaning: the snarling of dogs
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ゲン/ゴン/ギン

clog

Meaning: clog
Kun-yomi: はきもの
On-yomi: ゲキ/ケキ

express condolence

Meaning: express condolence
Kun-yomi: とむら.う
On-yomi: ゲン/ゴン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: ほほえ.む
On-yomi: カン/ゲン

stare

Meaning: stare
Kun-yomi: きわ
On-yomi: ゲイ/ガイ

summer

Meaning: summer
Kun-yomi: なつ
On-yomi: カ/ガ/ゲ

fist

Meaning: fist
Kun-yomi: こぶし
On-yomi: ケン/ゲン

present

Meaning: present; existing; actual
Kun-yomi: あらわ.れる/あらわ.す/うつつ/うつ.つ
On-yomi: ゲン

string

Meaning: string; cord; samisen music
Kun-yomi: いと
On-yomi: ゲン

gunwale

Meaning: gunwale
Kun-yomi: ふなべり/ふなばた
On-yomi: ゲン

cliff

Meaning: cliff; bluff; precipice
Kun-yomi: がけ/きし/はて
On-yomi: ガイ/ゲ/ギ

show off

Meaning: show off; display; pretend
Kun-yomi: てら.う
On-yomi: ゲン/ケン

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