Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kun-yomi

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.20 in modern English

Syllables: kun-y-o-mi
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A reading of a kanji that is not derived from the kanji's original pronunciation borrowed from Chinese

Etymology

From Japanese 訓読み.

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 訓読み

Questions

What does kun-yomi mean?: A reading of a kanji that is not derived from the kanji's original pronunciation borrowed from Chinese
Where does kun-yomi come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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