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kun en · NOUN

Etymology

From Japanese 訓読み (kun'yomi), literally "meaning reading" (i.e. pronunciation based on meaning).

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) In the Japanese language, the pronunciation, or reading, of a kanji character as a native Japanese word that means what the character represents, contrasted with on.
    • Most kanji have two kinds of reading, called "on" and "kun".

Relateds

on · kun-yomi