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    訓読み

    訓くん読よみ​

    kun reading

    KMT8CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, TransitiveCore ConceptsLiteratureKanji Vocab26 strokes

    くんよみ

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    kun reading, kun'yomi, native Japanese reading of a Chinese character

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    この漢かん字じの訓くん読よみは何なんですか。

    What is the kun'yomi of this kanji?

    KMT3Core Concepts
    日に本ほん語ご学がく習しゅう者しゃにとって、漢かん字じの訓くん読よみを覚おぼえるのは難むずかしい。

    For Japanese learners, remembering the kun'yomi of kanji is difficult.

    KMT8Core ConceptsEducation
    漢かん字じの音おん読よみと訓くん読よみを区く別べつすることは、日に本ほん語ごの語ご彙いを増ふやす上うえで重じゅう要ようです。

    Distinguishing between on'yomi and kun'yomi of kanji is important for expanding Japanese vocabulary.

    KMT8Core ConceptsEducation
    訓くん読よみは、漢かん字じが日に本ほんに伝でん来らいした際さいに、既き存ぞんの日に本ほん語ごの言こと葉ばに当あてはめられた読よみ方かたです。

    Kun'yomi is a reading method where kanji were applied to existing Japanese words when they were introduced to Japan.

    KMT9Core ConceptsHistory
    古こ典てん文ぶん学がくを読よむ際さいには、多おおくの漢かん字じが訓くん読よみで使つかわれているため、その知ち識しきが不ふ可か欠けつです。

    When reading classical literature, knowledge of kun'yomi is essential because many kanji are used with their kun'yomi.

    KMT9LiteratureEducation

    Characters that make up this word

    訓
    おし.える・よ.む・くん.ずる…(8)
    instruction・Japanese character reading・explanation・read
    Kanji
    読
    よ.む・-よ.み…(4)
    read
    Kanji
    み
    mi
    Kana
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