Drawings proposal and confusion about kanji vs. vocab readings

[mgrice]

There is a thread here that addresses that topic.

Whats the difference between kanji reading and vocab reading

In most cases, kanji reading asks for the on’yomi and vocab reading for a single kanji asks for the kun’yomi. The on’yomi is the Chinese reading, and the reading you’ll use generally when you find several kanji together, while the kun’yomi is the Japanese reading, and one you’ll use more often when a kanji is alone. That’s why, for example, 山 is read サン on the kanji reading (on’yomi), but やま on the vocabulary reading (kun’yomi). Yet if you find 火山 you read it かざん, using the on’yomi. In this cas…