Etymology

kun-yomi

Today it means: A reading of a kanji that is not derived from the kanji's original pronunciation borrowed from Chinese Full definition →

Japanese 訓読み
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from訓読み
  2. English todaykun-yomi

From Japanese 訓読み.

Words from the same roots

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