国こっ訓くん

noun

Japanese-specific kanji reading; native Japanese reading of a kanji

Linguistic term for a kanji reading that reflects a native Japanese meaning rather than the original Chinese-derived meaning. Used especially in discussions of kanji etymology and Japanese lexicography.

• 「鮭さけ」を「さけ」と読よむのは国こっ訓くんの一いち例れいだ。

  Reading 鮭 as さけ is one example of a Japanese-specific kanji reading.

• 国こっ訓くんは、漢かん字じの本ほん来らいの意い味みとは異ことなる日本にほん独どく自じの読よみ方かたを指さす。

  国訓 refers to a uniquely Japanese reading that differs from the original meaning of the kanji.