There are 3 ways to read Chinese Kanji characters in Japanese language. Onyomi, which is originally from Chinese; Kunyomi, which is originally from Japanese; and the third one is the pronunciation came first in Japanese, then people added a new Kanji to them. In this third case, there are no much relationship with the Kanji, so there are no rules or not predictable how to pronounce them.
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