Is "入っ" still pronounced "はい" when reading it? (Okurigana question)


I am fairly new to reading kanji and grammar, and I just learned that "入る" is
pronounced "はい" because it is an okurigana. My question is, are all okurigana
pronounced in their "okurigana" way regardless of which hiragana follows the
kanji? For instance, are "入う", "入ざ", and "入ふ" all pronounced "はい"?




You seem to have a fundamental misunderstanding about okurigana.

  * The reading of 入る is はいる.

  * 入る is not an okurigana, but it **contains** an okurigana which is る.

kanji | okurigana  
---|---  
入 | る  
  

"Okuri" means something like "follow-on; accompanying", and "gana" is kana
(katakana/hiragana) in
[rendaku](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/2526/5010). Therefore,
okurigana only refers to the hiragana part after the kanji part.

Basically an okurigana is there to indicate the conjugation of the verb.

  * 入 **る** = はいる: enter (plain)
  * 入 **ります** = はいります: enter (polite)
  * 入 **った** = はいった: entered (past)
  * 入 **れ** = はいれ: Enter! (imperative)
  * 入 **ろう** = はいろう: Let's enter (volitional)

The okurigana is the hiragana in bold. The kanji part is consistently read as
はい. This means there is only a finite number of okurigana patterns, and you
cannot use a random hiragana as an okurigana. Simply, 入う, 入ざ and 入ふ are all
invalid combinations meaning nothing.

If you are still confused, think that a kanji is like an emoji with a meaning.
For example, = 笑 = "laugh" and = 踊 = "danc(e)". Okurigana refers to a short
fragment that follows them to indicate a conjugation of the verb.

  * **ing** = laughing
  * 笑 **っている** = laughing
  * **ed** = laughed
  * 笑 **った** = laughed
  * **ing** = dancing
  * 踊 **っている** = dancing
  * **ed** = danced
  * 踊 **った** = danced
  * baz (invalid, meaning nothing)

And these "ing" and "ed" correspond to the okurigana. The part itself is
pronounced the same way.

Note that most i-adjectives and some adverbs/nouns have okurigana, too. Still,
okurigana always refers to only the hiragana part.




You seem to have a fundamental misunderstanding about okurigana.

  * The reading of 入る is はいる.

  * 入る is not an okurigana, but it **contains** an okurigana which is る.

kanji | okurigana  
---|---  
入 | る  
  

"Okuri" means something like "follow-on; accompanying", and "gana" is kana
(katakana/hiragana) in
[rendaku](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/2526/5010). Therefore,
okurigana only refers to the hiragana part after the kanji part.

Basically an okurigana is there to indicate the conjugation of the verb.

  * 入 **る** = はいる: enter (plain)
  * 入 **ります** = はいります: enter (polite)
  * 入 **った** = はいった: entered (past)
  * 入 **れ** = はいれ: Enter! (imperative)
  * 入 **ろう** = はいろう: Let's enter (volitional)

The okurigana is the hiragana in bold. The kanji part is consistently read as
はい. This means there is only a finite number of okurigana patterns, and you
cannot use a random hiragana as an okurigana. Simply, 入う, 入ざ and 入ふ are all
invalid combinations meaning nothing.

If you are still confused, think that a kanji is like an emoji with a meaning.
For example, = 笑 = "laugh" and = 踊 = "danc(e)". Okurigana refers to a short
fragment that follows them to indicate a conjugation of the verb.

  * **ing** = laughing
  * 笑 **っている** = laughing
  * **ed** = laughed
  * 笑 **った** = laughed
  * **ing** = dancing
  * 踊 **っている** = dancing
  * **ed** = danced
  * 踊 **った** = danced
  * baz (invalid, meaning nothing)

And these "ing" and "ed" correspond to the okurigana. The part itself is
pronounced the same way.

Note that most i-adjectives and some adverbs/nouns have okurigana, too. Still,
okurigana always refers to only the hiragana part.

