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Another kanji compound question...(hopefully last one) - john555 - 2015-06-18 Is there a list out there of kanji compounds with dual readings? E.g.: 真面目: can be "mazime" (adjective) or "simmemmoku" (noun). (I came across this one in my reading yesterday). Thanks! Another kanji compound question...(hopefully last one) - yudantaiteki - 2015-06-18 Probably no list, there are too many. Some even have three: 上手（うわて） 上手（じょうず） 上手い（うまい） Another kanji compound question...(hopefully last one) - Bokusenou - 2015-06-18 Random ones I could think of off the top of my head, with some help from various kokugo dics: 雨水 (あまみず、うすい) 今日(きょう、こんにち、こんち、こんじつ) 明日(あした、あす、みょうにち) 昨日(きのう、さくじつ、きそ) 明後日(あさって、あさて、みょうごにち) 一昨日(おととい、おとつい、いっさくじつ) I wonder why it's so common in date-related words... Another kanji compound question...(hopefully last one) - tetsueda - 2015-06-19 There's 人気　（にんき、ひとけ） and 梅雨　（つゆ、ばいう）, also compounds ending with 側 tend to have two readings. Another kanji compound question...(hopefully last one) - Ash_S - 2015-06-19 紅葉：こうよう、もみじ　← probably first word like this i learned 一時：いちじ、ひととき、いっとき 一端：いったん、いっぱし 大家：おおや、たいか 心中：しんちゅう、しんじゅう 生物：せいぶつ、なまもの edit: 二重：ふたえ、にじゅう 市場：しじょう、いちば 風車：ふうしゃ、かざぐるま 神風：かみかぜ、しんぷう i doubt there's an official list unless 文化庁 has made one. your best bet is probably searching google in japanese. 熟語　複数の読み方 or something oh and names! i don't know if you wanna count them because you can technically give any reading you want to kanji for names, but even just looking at the 'reasonable' readings, lots of names will have more than one. Another kanji compound question...(hopefully last one) - tetsueda - 2015-06-19 Self contained example (although just a slight difference): 十重二十重　（とえはたえ） Another kanji compound question...(hopefully last one) - anotherjohn - 2015-06-19 水面 = すいめん・みなも 大勢 = おおぜい・たいぜい・たいせい (the latter with a different meaning ffs) 女神 = めがみ・じょしん 女将 = おかみ・じょしょう 谷間 = たにま・たにあい oh wait I better stop Update: Did a count of readings of entries in JMdict with a single kanji-only writing of length > 1. Note that this excludes writings that occur in multiple entries, e.g 私語 = しご (the only reading I knew) isn't listed below because it's a separate entry. 1 reading: 79340 2 readings: 2858 3 readings: 337 4 readings: 65 5 readings: 14 逸物:いちもつ, いつぶつ, いちぶつ, いつもつ, いちもち 黒子:ほくろ, こくし, ははくそ, ははくろ, ほくそ 祖母:そぼ, ばば, おおば, おば, うば 商人:しょうにん, あきんど, あきうど, あきゅうど, あきびと 内海:うちうみ, うちかい, うちのみ, うつみ, ないかい 赤口:しゃっこう, しゃっく, じゃっく, じゃっこう, せきぐち 汚穢:おわい, おあい, あえ, わえ, おかい 国人:こくじん, くにびと, こくにん, くにうど, くにゅうど 盛者:しょうじゃ, じょうしゃ, しょうしゃ, せいしゃ, せいじゃ 陰陽師:おんみょうじ, おんようじ, おみょうじ, おんにょうし, いんようし 初冠:ういこうぶり, ういかぶり, ういかむり, ういかんむり, しょかん 雅楽寮:ががくりょう, うたりょう, うたづかさ, うたつかさ, うたのつかさ 稲架:はさ, はざ, はせ, はぜ, とうか 蓮葉:はすは, はすば, はすわ, はちすば, はちすは 6 readings: 3 祖父:そふ, じじ, じい, おおじ, おじ, そぶ 父母:ふぼ, ちちはは, ててはは, かぞいろは, ぶも, かぞいろ 私語:ささめき, ささめごと, さざめごと, ささめきごと, ささめ, さざめ 8 readings: 1 太政大臣:だいじょうだいじん, だじょうだいじん, おおきおおいどの, おおきおおいもうちぎみ, おおきおとど, おおきまつりごとのおおまえつぎみ, おおまつりごとのおおまえつぎみ, おおいまつりごとのおおまえつぎみ 9 readings: 1 乳母:うば, めのと, おんば, にゅうぼ, ちうば, ちおも, ちも, にゅうも, まま Another kanji compound question...(hopefully last one) - john555 - 2015-06-19 Thanks everyone! This is awesome.