Talk:Kanji of the Year

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Yomi question.

The following parts are my interpretation. As we know most kanjis has more than one readings, so the reading shown should be the most frequent reading of the single kanji or the one which represents 'why this kanji is chosen'(e.g. Kin vs Kane, Kin represents both better). So, 2 questions. 1: The kanji 戦 is usually read 'sen', but only as a Zougo-seibun, a suffix or in compounds. As a single character its reading is 'ikusa' and this reading means 'war', though not frequent. 2: The kanji 輪 is usually read 'wa'. The on'yomi 'rin' only appears in compounds, e.g. 'gorin' which is related to the Olympics. But the single character is not read as 'rin'.

Should the reading of 輪 be changed into 'wa'? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.217.174.169 (talk) 09:57, 8 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with your confusion. If you look at the Japanese wikipage of this article, you might notice that both Kun-yomi and On-yomi are provided. Moreover, most characters are provided more than one Kun-yomis and On-yomis. Taking the complication of the reading system of Japanese into account, I decided to update the English page so that the readings at least include one Kun-yomi and one On-yomi for each character. It's unfortunate, even among the Japanese native speakers, to determine what exactly is the MOST frequently used for On-yomi readings or Kun-yomi readings. Picking one out of multiple will certainly lead to debate and disagreement... (for example, I believe the most frequent Kun-yomi for the character 戦 should be takaka-i instead of ikusa, in modern usage). For this reason, a column is singled out for readings and now multiple readings can be provided, if the frequencies of the readings for a single character is debatable. -- Andyx96 (talk) 05:52, 12 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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