熟字訓
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Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 熟 | 字 | 訓 |
| じゅく Grade: 6 |
じ Grade: 1 |
くん Grade: 4 |
| goon | on'yomi | |
Etymology
Compound of 熟字 (jukuji, “compounded characters”, a word spelled with two or more characters) + 訓 (kun, “meaning; kun'yomi”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
Noun
- a kanji compound used to semantically write a native Japanese word, with individual kanji not corresponding to discrete elements in the native Japanese word: as in 今日 (kyō, “today”) or 大人 (otona, “adult”)
Synonyms
- 義訓 (gikun)
See also
- English Wiktionary: Category:Japanese terms spelled with jukujikun
- Japanese Wiktionary: ja:Category:熟字訓
- List accompanying the official 常用漢字 (jōyō kanji): ja:Wiktionary:常用漢字の一覧#付表
- 当て字 (ateji)
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN