English Explanatory Dictionary

kun

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.
name
  1. A Finnish Moon god.

Word forms

kun

Etymology

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

Related words

kun-yomi on
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