A video I posted on YouTube which may be of interest to you all.
When do you know to read the Chinese ON reading or the Japanese KUN Reading? Well a guide to use is if the Kanji is in a group of two or more you may read the Kanji with the Chinese On Reading. On it's own you may read it using the Japanese KUN Reading. I have used the example for tree 木. Using the Chinese ON reading it is － もく － モク － Moku. Using the Japanese KUN reading it is － き － Ki.
The example I have used is － 木曜日 － もくようび － Mokuyoubi － Thursday
Has you can see the above is made up of two or more Kanji and 木 is read has 'Moku.' On it's own however 木 is read has 'Ki'
This is just a guide to reading Kanji and is not a hard and fast rule. It is just a guide to help you make an educated guess.
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