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As per a "中学{ちゅうがく}漢字{かんじ}ドリル" textbook used by native speaker students in
Japan, this is the 音訓 readings specified for "肉" and "皿":

**肉**  
音： ニク  
訓： none given

**皿**  
音： none given  
訓： さら

Yet, at [denshi.org](http://jisho.org/kanji/details/%E8%82%89) this is the
information provided:
[肉](http://jisho.org/kanji/details/%E8%82%89)、[皿](http://jisho.org/kanji/details/%E7%9A%BF)。

So, I trust my textbook. Native speakers get to decide the specs of their own
language. But, I'd still like to double check this. In fact, I don't ever want
to use [denshi.org](http://jisho.org/kanji/details/%E8%82%89) again. A native
speaker I trust says the site is managed by non-native speakers. I continue to
use it only because it gives we quick response times (and out of habit).

(1) what is going on with those readings 肉 and 皿? Which source is wrong?

(2) what is the official character dictionary that native speaker scholars
use? A name, and a link, would be very useful to me.
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音{おん}訓{くん} for 肉{にく} and 皿{さら}
The site you've linked to is an interface to the dictionaries Jim Breen has
put together using both his own resources (as I understand it he has a _lot_
of dictionaries, including the Morohashi) and crowd-sourced submissions. It's
the same data you'll find at WWWJDIC.

In response to your questions:

  1. Neither source is wrong. They've just chosen to include different things. Your book includes only the readings from the official [常用漢字表](http://www.bunka.go.jp/kokugo_nihongo/pdf/jouyoukanjihyou_h22.pdf). But that doesn't mean the other readings are "wrong" or don't exist in some sense. People can and do use readings (and kanji) that aren't on the official chart.

When I look up those kanji in 新漢語林, I see しし for 肉 and ベイ for 皿 as well as the
readings you've listed. But the same dictionary also tells me that しし and ベイ
aren't included on the official chart. (It's probably worth noting that ニク and
さら are much more common than しし and ベイ.)

  2. There are a lot of character dictionaries, but none is "official" as far as I know. The closest you'll get to official would be the lists published by the government for education, such as the 常用漢字表 (linked above), but these aren't descriptive resources that contain all of the possible/historic readings for a character. 

You might look for a 漢和辞典 at a bookstore. I have 新漢語林, but I've heard that 漢字源
is a good choice.
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