訓読

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) くんどく [kùńdókú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
  • IPA^(key): [kɯ̟̃ᵝndo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

訓読 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 訓讀, hiragana くんどく, rōmaji kundoku)

1. Japanese native reading for kanji (Chinese characters), using native Japanese words.

   Synonym: 訓読み (kun'yomi)

2. Synonym of 漢文訓読 (kanbun kundoku, “reading Classical Chinese by rendition in Japanese”)

Verb

訓読する (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 訓讀する, hiragana くんどくする, rōmaji kundoku suru)

1. to read kanji (Chinese characters) or kanji compounds using native Japanese words

   Synonym: 訓読み (kun'yomi)

2. to read Classical Chinese by rendering it in Japanese (漢文訓読 (kanbun kundoku))

Noun

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

1. Alternative form of 訓読み (kun'yomi, “Japanese native reading for kanji (Chinese characters), using native Japanese words”)

Verb

訓読する (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 訓讀する, hiragana くんよみする, rōmaji kun'yomi suru)

1. Alternative form of 訓読み (kun'yomi, “to use the kun'yomi of a word, to read a word using the pronunciation of the native Japanese word”)