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訓

訓 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 教える。
  2. 注釈。
  3. （日本）漢字に日本語の意味をあてて読む。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「言」+音符「川」。「おしえる」を意味する漢語｛訓｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

instruction, Japanese character reading, explanation, read

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • クンElem.
  • キン
Kun (native)
  • おし(える)
  • よ(む)
  • くん(ずる)
Nanori (used in names)
  • く
  • くに
  • くの
  • さとし
  • のり
  • ふみ
Other languages
  • 拼音xun4
  • 한글hun
  • Hán-ViệtHuấn

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
10 strokes
Radical
言(げん)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+8A13

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰言川

Words using this kanji

  • 訓練くんれんある特定の技能を教え育てること。元は兵士に対して用いた。training, drill, practice, discipline
  • 訓くん漢字を和語で読んだもの。訓読み。native Japanese reading of a Chinese character, precept, lesson, one's teachings
  • 訓示くんじ執務上の注意などを上の者が下の者に教え示すこと。instruction, direction, briefing
  • 訓令くんれい上級の行政機関が下級の行政機関が行う権限の行使を指図するために出す命令。directive, instructions
  • 訓戒くんかい諭して、戒めること。warning, admonition, lesson or a phrase that teaches you not to do something
  • 訓読みくんよみ漢字の読み方の一つ。日本語の意味に基づく読み方で、和語を漢字にあてる読み方。kun reading, kun'yomi
  • 訓告くんこく教え、告げること。 処分のひとつで、注意より重く戒告より軽いもの。reprimand, admonition
  • 訓育くんいくおもに子供の品性や人格をよい方向へ養い育てること。discipline
  • 訓辞くんじ下の者に教え戒める言葉。admonitory speech (e.g. to students), words of admonition
  • 訓点くんてん日本で漢文を訓読するために漢文の行間や字間などにつける文字や符合。返り点や片仮名など。guiding marks for rendering classical Chinese into Japanese
  • 訓読くんどく漢字や漢文を訓で読むこと。 訓読み。kun'yomi (native Japanese reading of a kanji), reading a Chinese text (kanbun) in Japanese
  • 訓話くんわ人を教え、導くような話。moral discourse, admonitory lecture, instructive talk, exemplum
  • 訓釈くんしゃくexplaining the meanings of old words
  • 訓導くんどう教え、導くこと。 旧制の小学校の正規教員。現在の教諭。instruction, guidance, tutelage, licensed elementary school teacher
  • 訓詁くんこ古い言葉の字句についてその意味を解釈すること。interpretation, exegesis
  • 訓義くんぎreading and meaning of a kanji
  • 訓電くんでん訓令を電報で発すること。telegraphed instructions
  • 訓解くんかい語句、文章を読み、解釈すること。interpretation, explanation
  • 訓迪くんてきguide, master, teacher
  • 訓諭くんゆcaution, admonition, warning

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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