Did I determine the pronunciation of 人口 correctly?


On a Kanji exercise, I was told to find how 人口 is read.

Because the kanji are a word, I used the on-yomi of both and I answered
"にんこう".

Is that correct?




No, 人口 is read じんこう (look the word up in a dictionary). Some _kanji_ have more
than one _on'yomi_. This is due to the fact that they were imported from
different areas and/or in different eras from China.

For 人, ジン is a _kan'on_ (漢音) reading and ニン is a _goon_ (呉音) reading.

In compound words, usually both have the same type of _on'yomi_. Here, both ジン
and コウ are _kan'on_ readings. (口 also has the different _jōyō_ reading, namely
the _on'yomi_ ク, which is a _goon_ reading.)




No, 人口 is read じんこう (look the word up in a dictionary). Some _kanji_ have more
than one _on'yomi_. This is due to the fact that they were imported from
different areas and/or in different eras from China.

For 人, ジン is a _kan'on_ (漢音) reading and ニン is a _goon_ (呉音) reading.

In compound words, usually both have the same type of _on'yomi_. Here, both ジン
and コウ are _kan'on_ readings. (口 also has the different _jōyō_ reading, namely
the _on'yomi_ ク, which is a _goon_ reading.)

