Documentation for Template:ja-readings.
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Use this template on Japanese single-kanji entries to indicate the kanji readings and to add the character to the appropriate category. It is placed in the ===Kanji=== section, under the ====Readings==== header:

{{ja-readings
|goon=
|kanon=
|soon=
|toon=
|kanyoon=
|on=
|kun=
|nanori=
}}

On readings are written with hiragana, as the corresponding entries are in hiragana.

E.g. for 光:

{{ja-readings
|goon=こう<くわう
|kanon=こう<くわう
|kun=ひかり-, ひか-る
|nanori=あき, あきら, こう, てる, ひこ, み, みつ
}}

• Go-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)^{←くわう (kwau, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)^{←くわう (kwau, historical)}
• Kun: ひかり (hikari, 光, Jōyō)、ひかる (hikaru, 光る, Jōyō)
• Nanori: あき (aki)、あきら (akira)、こう (kō)、てる (teru)、ひこ (hiko)、み (mi)、みつ (mitsu)

The content of this template is generated by Module:ja-kanji-readings.

The module accepts readings that are formatted in the following manner:

• Items are delimited by commas (,).
• < (arrow) indicates evolution from older forms (i.e. historical kana orthography). For example, こう<くわう. It is possible to add an additional form that is even older: 況 evolved as きょう<きやう<くゐやう.
  • It is perfectly fine for the historical kana orthography to be identical to the modern kana orthography. For example, 服 ふく<ふく.
• - (hyphen) separates furigana (振(ふ)り仮名(がな)) from okurigana (送(おく)り仮名(がな)). A trailing - indicates there are no okurigana:
  • ひかり-←光(ひかり)
  • ひか-る←光(ひか)る
  • If you are unsure, it can be omitted, and the entry will be added to a category.
• Readings are automatically highlighted and labeled if they appear in the jōyō kanji list. The data for this functionality is hosted at Module:ja/data/jouyou-yomi.

• |on=

  The character’s Sino-Japanese reading(s).

  • |goon=

    呉(ご)音(おん) (goon, “Wu sound”) – reading(s) from the pronunciation during the Southern and Northern Dynasties.

  • |kanon=

    漢(かん)音(おん) (kan'on, “Han sound”) – reading(s) from the pronunciation during the Tang Dynasty.

  • |soon=

    宋(そう)音(おん) (sōon, “Song sound”) - readings(s) during the Song Dynasty.

  • |toon=

    唐(とう)音(おん) (tōon, “China sound”) – reading(s) from the pronunciations after the Song Dynasty, sometimes conflated with sōon to form 唐宋音 (tōsō-on).

  • |kanyoon=

    慣(かん)用(よう)音(おん) (kan'yōon, “customary sound”) – unofficial on readings that have become accepted into the language.

• |kun=

  訓(くん) (kun) – the character’s Japanese or native reading(s).

  • |nanori=

    名(な)乗(の)り (nanori) – kun readings used for names of people or places.

• |pagename=

  The kanji that the template is being applied to; this is usually sourced from the page name. This can be used to render this template on pages other than the specific kanji entry, e.g. on user pages or documentation pages.

The category structure can be seen at User:Erutuon/kanji readings.