熟じゅく字じ訓くん

noun

jukujikun; special kanji compound reading

A reading assigned to a kanji compound where the characters relate to the meaning but not the pronunciation; e.g. 昨日 (きのう), 大人 (おとな). Used in Japanese linguistics.

• 「熟じゅく字じ訓くん」とは、漢かん字じの意い味みに合あう和わ語ごを当あてた読よみ方かたのことです。

  Jukujikun is a reading where a native Japanese word is matched to the meaning of the kanji compound.

• 「明日あした」を「あした」と読よむのも熟じゅく字じ訓くんの一ひとつだ。

  Reading 明日 as あした is also an example of jukujikun.