The story
- Japanese · derived from訓読み
- English todaykun
From Japanese 訓読み (kun'yomi), literally "meaning reading" (i.e. pronunciation based on meaning).
Words from the same roots
Japanese訓読み all →
kun-yomi
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
kun
Today it means: 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. Full definition →
Japanese 訓読み