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jukujikun

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
juku-jikun
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Japanese word whose kanji spelling conveys the meaning based on the individual characters, but whose reading is not directly related to the spelling.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 熟字訓 (jukujikun, literally “compound character reading”).

Frequently Paired Words

ateji gikun

Questions

What does jukujikun mean?
A Japanese word whose kanji spelling conveys the meaning based on the individual characters, but whose reading is not directly related to the spelling.
Where does jukujikun come from?
Borrowed from Japanese 熟字訓 (jukujikun, literally “compound character reading”).

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