Kun'yomi (訓読み, [kɯɰ̃jomi], lit. "meaning reading") is the way of reading kanji characters using the native Japanese word that matches the meaning of the...

introduced. As with on'yomi, there can be multiple kun'yomi for the same kanji, and some kanji have no kun'yomi at all. Ateji (当て字) are characters used only...

pronunciations are used for technical, compound words, while the native kun'yomi pronunciation is used for singular, simpler words. On'yomi primarily occur...

school. The list is sorted by Japanese reading (on'yomi in katakana, then kun'yomi in hiragana), in accordance with the ordering in the official Jōyō table...

pronunciation of the character at the time it was adopted into Japanese, and kun'yomi, which are pronunciations of native Japanese words that correspond to the...

is then pronounced irregularly to their normal Japanese reading (their kun'yomi). In particular, Ateji are frequently employed in manga and song lyrics...

(いい) is used instead. The second character 田 is read using its standard kun'yomi reading, da (だ). Often (as in the previous example), the nanori reading...

Japanese art of target test cutting. The kanji literally mean "test cut" (kun'yomi: ためし ぎり tameshi giri). This practice was popularized in the Edo period...

Metropolitan Government As a standalone word, 村 is pronounced with the kun'yomi mura. As a bound morpheme, it also has the on'yomi son, for example in...

readings for a kanji: On'yomi and Kun'yomi. On'yomi is a reading derived from the Chinese way of reading, Kun'yomi is the original Japanese reading. Position...