借しゃっ訓くん

noun

using kanji phonetically for native words

Technical term in Japanese linguistics: a kanji is used for its reading (on'yomi or kun'yomi) to represent a native Japanese word, ignoring the kanji's meaning. Common in Man'yōgana and early Japanese writing.

• 借しゃっ訓くんは、漢かん字じの訓くん読よみを借かりて言こと葉ばを表あらわす表ひょう記き法ほうです。

  Shakkun is a writing method that borrows kanji kun readings to represent words.

• 借しゃっ訓くんは、漢かん字じの意い味みを無む視しして音おんだけを借かりる表ひょう記き法ほうです。

  Shakkun is a writing method that borrows only the sound of a kanji, ignoring its meaning.