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Originally Posted by NaYa
I wish there was a sticky thread focusing on the kanji with different pronunciations for the same character depending on the usage. It often confuses me as to how to read certain kanji combinations because of that... there are so many different rules for them! >_<
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All of them? I can`t think of any that don`t have multiple readings. Having a sticky dedicated to it would be pointless as we`d have to list pretty much
every kanji.
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For example: 収穫祭
Is it read as Shuukaku sai or Shuukaku matsuri? What is the difference between the two?
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It`s shuukakusai. You could say the second and people would know what you meant, as there isn`t exactly a difference in meaning - it would just not be following the rules of reading. Every kanji in that has more than one reading - 収 can be read as おさ (in 収まる) and 穫 as と (in 穫る). In a multi-character word, it`s normal to read them according to their 音読み (さい for 祭), instead of 訓読み (まつり for 祭).