Since they are both “reason”, I keep mixing these up and saying 理 is ゆう… WK’s reading mnemonics don’t help me with these, does anyone have a different one that they use? (sorry, not 100% sure which category this should go in)

I’m not sure it’s super useful in your case, but 里 is a phonetic element, basically a bunch of the kanji that have it have the onyomi of り (can’t confirm at the moment if it’s 100%), though many are not common and thus not taught on WK. Bolded ones appear in WK 里, 理, *鯉, 裡, 浬, 狸, 哩 *鯉 is taught b…

If you already know the readings of both, it’s easy to learn them. 理 has an “i” on the left. That’s the り reading.

Thanks, I’m always on the lookout for those… I didn’t learn the onyomi for 里 yet though!

Yeah, you have to wait a while. Level 41 with 郷里

[image] ezekiy: Thanks, I’m always on the lookout for those… I didn’t learn the onyomi for 里 yet though! Have you seen this: [image] Wanikani Phonetic-Semantic Composition 1.0.5 [No longer supported] API And Third-Party Apps Wanikani Phonetic-Semantic Composition -…

[image] Leebo: basically a bunch of the kanji that have it have the onyomi of り did you notice this kind of pattern yourself or is there a source (book/webpage etc) where I could read up on it? Would be great if there are more of these kind of rules where I can then know “if radical/kanji XY …

I’m not sure where I first heard about it, but I don’t remember ever being told it in class or in a kanji textbook, that’s for sure. I think once you get far enough in studying kanji you’ll start to notice it by accident. “Oh, another kanji with the top hat on the right 祖租粗狙組 surprise surprise it h…

Great, thanks for the fast reply and the link! Also just saw the post about the wanikani app- will give that a go as well :blush:

[image] Leebo: I think once you get far enough in studying kanji you’ll start to notice it by accident. “Oh, another kanji with the top hat on the right 祖租粗狙組 surprise surprise it has the onyomi of そ”. I started getting this somewhere in the high teens to low 20’s levels. I remember someone …

was digging in the forums a bit and thought other people might be interested as well, so here it is (in the appendix) [image] Phonetic component resources? Kanji https://sdsu-dspace.calstate.edu/bitstream/handle/10211.10/1203/Townsend_Hiroko.pdf This paper is how I first …

Not super helpful now, but you will see 理 show up in many vocab in the near future. It will be all but hammered into your head soon.

Does anyone have a better mnemonic for differentiating 理 and 由 readings?

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Have you seen this:

Still works for me, but not all elements are covered.

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Does anyone have a better mnemonic for differentiating 理 and 由 readings?

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