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I am newly learning Japanese , so I whenever I encounter a new Kanji I search
for it on jisho.org , but then I find that there are given `Japanese Kun`
`Japanese on` and`Japanese names` . How do I know which one is relevant ie ,
suppose the english meaning is `middle` then which one of them is the correct
pronunciation ?
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kanji pronunciation
How to correctly analyse kanji from jisho
This has probably been asked answered before... but Japanese kanji have two
fundamental types of readings.

on (音) - which are readings of the character that originally come from China
and approximate the sound of the Chinese character at the time. e.g.
極楽(ごくらく,gokuraku)

kun (訓) - which refer to using a Chinese character in part of a non-Chinese
origin native word. e.g. 楽しい(たのしい,tanoshii)

Comparing the two above 楽 gets pronounced "raku" in the on reading instance
and "tano" in the kun reading.

name (名) readings are readings used in names which is kind of its own ball
game of mostly native pronunciation.

To know which one you want, you can look for what is call okurigana (送り仮名).
For many kun- readings, there will be 送り仮名 after the character (e.g. 楽しい).
Otherwise, you will have to learn/guess based on context. There are some hints
but no absolute rules, i.e. pairs of character tend to be on-yomi.
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From the learner's PoV, I do suggest you NOT to learn a kanji's pronunciation
separately, but rather learn it by compound words you come across. Once you
learned enough you will know how to put them together (roughly). So for the
time being, focus on individual kanji writing, compound kanjis recognition.
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