訓読み

Japanese

Hiragana くんよみ
Kanji 訓読み
訓読
Kanji in this term
くん
Grade: 4

Grade: 2
jūbakoyomi

Etymology

Compound of (kun, meaning) + 読み (yomi, reading). Originally referred to the meanings of Chinese words in Japanese, as opposed to the sounds (i.e. pronunciations) to use when reading Chinese text (called 音読み (on'yomi) or 音読 (ondoku)).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

読み (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 訓讀み, hiragana くんよみ, rōmaji kun'yomi)

  1. (linguistics) Japanese native reading for kanji (Chinese characters), using 大和 (やまと) (こと) () (yamato kotoba, native Japanese words)

Antonyms

Verb

訓読みする (hiragana くんよみする, rōmaji kun'yomi suru)

  1. to use the kun'yomi of a word, to read a kanji using the pronunciation of a native Japanese word

Conjugation

References

  1. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  4. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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