くん (kun)

native Japanese reading of a Chinese character

  • JLPT N3
  • noun
  • Pitch 0
  • #14730 most frequent

Meaning

(くん, kun) is a JLPT N3 noun meaning “native Japanese reading of a Chinese character”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 12

漢字かんじかたには、 おんくんふた とおりがあるの。

Kanji has Chinese-derived and Japanese readings.

訓点なし。

There is no kunten.-

訓点あり。

There are kunten.

括弧内は訓読み。

Kanji characters inside the brackets are for transcription.