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訓くん

くん kun Play N3 Noun

漢字を日本語固有の読み方で読むこと。 native Japanese reading of a Chinese character

Example 1

漢字の読み方には、音と訓の2通りがあるの。

There are two ways to pronounce kanji: the Chinese-derived reading and the Japanese reading.

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Example 2

この漢字は訓で読む。

This kanji is read using its native Japanese reading.

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Kanji breakdown

訓

N2

instruction; Japanese character reading; explanation; read

On reading
クン、キン
Kun reading
おし.える、よ.む、くん.ずる
Radical
言
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N3

くんれん

practice; training

Illustration of 教訓
N1

きょうくん

lesson; precept; moral instruction