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Does this sound natural and easy to understand?
If not, could you please correct this?💦
This Kanji “油” means Oil.
(On-yomi: yu, Kun-yomi: abura)
But, if you just say “yu” when you want to say “oil” in Japanese, they can never understand that you mean oil.
Because There are many other “yu” On-yomi sound in Kanji, such as 由, 癒, 輸...
Moreover, when they listen “yu”, they would think you mean 湯(hot water).
Because “yu” of 湯 is Kun-yomi.
Does this sound natural and easy to understand?
If not, could you please correct this?💦
This Kanji “油” means Oil.
(On-yomi: yu, Kun-yomi: abura)
But, if you just say “yu” when you want to say “oil” in Japanese, they can never understand that you mean oil.
Because There are many other “yu” On-yomi sound in Kanji, such as 由, 癒, 輸...
Moreover, when they listen “yu”, they would think you mean 湯(hot water).
Because “yu” of 湯 is Kun-yomi.
If not, could you please correct this?💦
This Kanji “油” means Oil.
(On-yomi: yu, Kun-yomi: abura)
But, if you just say “yu” when you want to say “oil” in Japanese, they can never understand that you mean oil.
Because There are many other “yu” On-yomi sound in Kanji, such as 由, 癒, 輸...
Moreover, when they listen “yu”, they would think you mean 湯(hot water).
Because “yu” of 湯 is Kun-yomi.
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This kanji “油” means "oil".
(On-yomi: yu, Kun-yomi: abura)
But, if you just say “yu” when you want to say “oil” in Japanese, nobody will understand that you mean oil, because there are many other kanji with a "yu" on-yomi, including 由, 癒 and 輸.
Moreover, when they hear “yu”, they would think you mean 湯 (hot water), because the kun-yomi of 湯 is "yu".
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