When you don`t know what the reading is, what is your go-to safe bet? Mine is either KOUこう or SHYOU - しょう - こう or SHYOU - しょう.
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Strictly speaking, I believe しょう is the most common reading.
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My answer is “whatever feels like the right reading”, because in many cases I’ve internalized a phonetic component without realizing.
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And yeah, I agree, first thing I would guess is a phonetic component, even if it ends up being the wrong one, it has a better chance than a random guess.
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Same as the two above.
The problem is when the input box shakes and says “no, you silly goose, put the kun’yomi in instead”
“aaaah suuure”
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My go to is kou or shi usually. I also tend to pull up the kana keyboard and stare at each one to see if it jogs my memory.
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This.
“ahh…they wanted On’yomi…”
I thought that was On’yomi?
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If I don’t know it, I won’t guess, I’ll just write いいいいいいいいいいいい and get it wrong
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I generally write さあ - “who knows?”
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I do try to guess something that is at least partially correct or phonetically alike. If I do this and it is close I consider it a success because I am half way there. I never look at an incorrect entry as a failure. Everything is a step towards the right answer. However, the first few levels I would automatically put KOU. I don’t do that anymore because I don’t want to accidentally answer correct. Any correct answers need to be intentionally done otherwise I am ultimately short changing my learning.
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I usually just go with し so many kanij with shi
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When in doubt, WK will しょう me the way!
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When I don’t know the answer and I want to fail I type じ. (Don’t know why. I just do.)
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こういちさん it’s everywhere! Also し.
I gotta read more into the phonetic components but that’s a great tip!
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That is what I do too. Haha. いいいいいいい…
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I usually randomly enter something, but only because it’s necessary. Actually, I’d rather click a “Man, I don’t know” button these times. After all, if you can’t recall the reading, then getting it right accidentally won’t help memorizing it either.
One funny story: when I was learning the kanji 聞, during a review I couldn’t remember the reading, and put in a random き. To my surprise, WK told me I need the on’yomi reading. I accidentally discovered the kun’yomi…
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Isn’t that the music score to Psycho?
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I just type お to make sure I get it wrong when I don’t know it. Guessing might work for most people but in the past when I used to guess, sometimes, some wrong guess would get stuck in my mind and I’d keep getting the answer wrong again and again…
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Somebody hasn’t gotten to 汚 yet. 
I do あああ when I really don’t know to make sure I don’t get it right by accident.
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