熟字訓

Japanese
Kanji in this term
熟 字 訓
じゅく
Grade: 6		 じ
Grade: 1		 くん
Grade: 4
goon on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 熟字 (jukuji, “compounded characters”, a word spelled with two or more characters) +‎ 訓 (kun, “meaning; kun'yomi”).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) じゅくじ​くん [jùkújíꜜkùǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])[2][3]
  • IPA(key): [(d͡)ʑɨᵝkɯ̟ᵝʑikɯ̟̃ᵝɴ]

Noun

熟(じゅく)字(じ)訓(くん) • (jukujikun) 

  1. a kanji compound used to semantically write a native Japanese word, with individual kanji not corresponding to discrete elements in the native Japanese word: as in 今日(きょう) (kyō, “today”) or 大人(おとな) (otona, “adult”)

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References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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