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Kotomora

訓

instruction, Japanese character reading, explanation, read

JLPTN2StatusJōyō · grade 4FrequencyTop 2,000Strokes10

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

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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.