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Originally Posted by Troo
There are multiple readings for most kanji - the onyomi and kunyomi. The onyomi is the "chinese" reading (or, rather, the japanised pronunciation of the chinese reading), and the kunyomi is the Japanese word that the kanji is used for.
Many kanji have up to around five readings - multiple onyomi and / or kunyomi.
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It is fair to say though that 音読み (onyomi) are kinda limited and repeat themselves. I know somewhere in internet you can find the pattern they use, I lost that URL (not that I understood much out of it).