kun
In the Japanese language, the pronunciation, or reading, of a kanji character as a…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.
» My full name is Tom Kun, Junior.
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1 senses(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".
Examples
2 sentencesMy full name is Tom Kun, Junior.
Lojban has shorter contractions for basic roots in compounding, reminiscent of "kun" and "on" readings of sinograms in Japanese.
Origin
From Japanese 訓読み (kun'yomi), literally "meaning reading" (i.e. pronunciation based on meaFrom Japanese 訓読み (kun'yomi), literally "meaning reading" (i.e. pronunciation based on meaning).
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Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.