音おん訓くん索さく引いん

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Meanings

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noun

kanji index by on and kun readings

A reference tool, typically found in Japanese dictionaries, that lists kanji characters ordered by their Chinese-derived (on) and native Japanese (kun) pronunciations.

この辞じ書しょの巻かん末まつには音おん訓くん索さく引いんが付ついている。
This dictionary has an on-kun index at the end.

音

sound, noise

訓instruction, Japanese character reading, explanation

索cord, rope, searching

引pull, tug, jerk

Similar words

部ぶ首しゅ索さく引いん
部首索引 indexes kanji by their radical (bushu), while 音訓索引 indexes them by their readings (on and kun).
総そう画かく索さく引いん
総画索引 indexes kanji by total stroke count, whereas 音訓索引 uses pronunciation.

Etymology

Compound of 音 (on, 'Chinese reading'), 訓 (kun, 'Japanese reading'), and 索引 (sakuin, 'index').