Why are on'yomi readings on Jisho written as katakana?

Is it because technically they’re from the Chinese language and thus foreign readings?

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I believe that’s the reason.

Katakana was also used for furigana as well. So that might be another reason.

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It’s just a convention that some dictionaries use to distinguish onyomi and kunyomi readings.

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