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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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I'm aware. I wasn't referring to readings, but rather individual characters. The person I quoted didn't understand where the figure of 5,000 characters came from.