Rocket Japanese Review
A kunyomi is usually a longer kanji pronunciation that actually resembles a whole word (as opposed to just one syllable). Generally, if you see a single kanji not surrounded by others, you pronounce its kunyomi and not its onyomi Rocket Japanese Review. A Japanese kanji (again, which is just a character) usually has one kunyomi and a couple of different onyomi. But a kanji can have no kunyomi, or 5 different onyomi. A whole word can be made up of only one kanji, or six kanji stuck together. It just depends.