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While I don't want to learn all of the readings this way, would it be a good idea to make like 5 onyomi mnemonics and go through them kanjidamage style for the most frequent readings? According to this chart I found on koohii, the ショウ reading is shared by 67 characters,　コウ　－　65、　シ　－　49、　カン　－　47、　トウ　－　42. And it gradually goes down from there. So just by making 5 mnemonics one could nail 270 characters.

Also, someone here once recommended memorizing those pure group things found in chapter 2 of rtk2. It basically means that if some jouyo has a certain (group of) radical(s), then it will have a certain reading. But not vice versa. Pic related, highlighted it in blue because the charts look terrible. Should one bother? The groups are pretty small, but going through vocab while knowing the readings from before feels great. I'm also afraid of making a set rule for myself like this, then encountering a non-jouyo in the wild and confusing the readings.