訓
instruction, Japanese character reading, explanation, read
Readings
On'yomi
- クン
- キン
Kun'yomi
- おし.える
- よ.む
- くん.ずる
Nanori
- く
- くに
- くの
- さとし
- のり
- ふみ
Meaning
訓 centers on conveying meaning through words: teaching, explaining, or reading aloud. The sense of a Japanese character reading (kun'yomi) is a specialized application of reading or interpreting a character's meaning.
Most common words using 訓
20 of 103- 訓練くんれんN3
training; drill; practice; discipline
- 教訓きょうくんN1
lesson; precept; teachings; moral
- 特訓とっくんN1
special training; intensive training; crash course
- 訓くんN3
native Japanese reading of a Chinese character
- 訓読みくんよみN1
kun reading; kun'yomi; native Japanese reading of a Chinese character
- 家訓かくん
family precepts; family motto; rule of the home
- 訓示くんじ
instruction; direction; briefing
- 回訓かいくん
instructions sent in response to a question (from an embassy, consulate, etc.)
- 訓話くんわ
moral discourse; admonitory lecture; instructive talk; exemplum; apologue
- 訓読くんどく
kun'yomi (native Japanese reading of a kanji)
- 訓戒くんかい
warning; admonition; lesson or a phrase that teaches you not to do something
- 訓令くんれい
directive; instructions
- 校訓こうくん
school precepts
- 音訓おんくん
kanji readings
- 訓告くんこく
reprimand; admonition
- 遺訓いくん
teachings left by a deceased person; last instructions
- 予備役将校訓練課程よびえきしょうこうくんれんかてい
Reserve Officers' Training Corps (US); ROTC
- 借訓しゃっくん
using the Japanese-reading of kanji to represent native Japanese words (irrespective of the kanji's actual meaning)
- 傍訓ぼうくん
marginal notes
- 共同訓練きょうどうくんれん
joint exercise; joint training
Study
Etymology
訓 combines 言 (speech, words) with 川, which likely acts as a phonetic component contributing the sound クン. The character expresses teaching or explaining through words.
Meaning mnemonic
Words (言) flow like a river (川) of instruction, teaching and explaining as they go.
Reading mnemonic
For クン, imagine a wise raccoon teaching a class: raccoon -> クン, and the raccoon's words flow like a river of instruction.