訓読くんよみ (kunyomi)

漢字かんじには音読おんよみと訓読くんよみがあります。

Kanji has both Chinese-derived and Japanese readings.

括弧内は訓読み。

Kanji characters inside the brackets are for transcription.

訓読みはたくみりょう・うちたくみのつかさなど。

Japanese readings include "takumiryo" and "uchitakumi no tsukasa."

人の名前に使われる漢字の通常の音読み・訓読み以外の読み方。

Kanji character readings used in Japanese people's names which differ from the standard on-yomi (Sino-Japanese reading) and kun-yomi (native Japanese reading).

天満宮は音読みで、八幡宮や浅間神社は音読みと訓読みの場合がある。

The name of Temman-gu Shrine is pronounced according to the Sino-Japanese reading of Japanese characters, whereas the names of Hachiman-gu Shrine and Sengen-jinja Shrine can be pronounced according to either the Sino-Japanese or native Japanese reading.

日本では白村江（はくそんこう）は、慣行的に「はくすきのえ」と訓読みされることが多い。

In practice, Hakusonko is pronounced 'Hakusukinoe' using the Japanese 'kun' reading as opposed to the Chinese 'on' reading.

平安京は後世においては音読みの「へいあんきょう」と読むが、当初は「たいらのみやこ」と訓読みした。

Heian-kyo was pronounced as 'Heian-kyo' in On-yomi (Chinese readings) by later generations, but it was originally pronounced as 'Taira no Miyako' in Kun-yomi (Japanese readings).

現在では“城”という字を訓読みで“しろ”と読むが、歴史を見ると、かつては“しろ”という大和言葉はなかったらしい。

The character "

晦日にあてられる訓読みのうち、「つごもり」は「月隠り（つきごもり）」が転じたもので、本来は月相の「晦」の意味である。

Tsugomori,' a kun-yomi (Japanese reading of character) for kaijitsu, once was 'tsukigomori' (the disappearance of the moon), which had originally meant 'kai' in the moon phase.