Etymology

jukujikun

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Today it means: A Japanese word whose kanji spelling conveys the meaning based on the individual characters, but whose reading is not directly related to the spelling. Full definition →

Japanese 熟字訓
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from熟字訓
  2. English todayjukujikun

Borrowed from Japanese 熟字訓 (jukujikun, literally “compound character reading”).

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