古訓

Chinese

		ancient; old	example; pattern; to teach example; pattern; to teach; to train; instruction
trad. (古訓)		古	訓
simp. (古训)		古	训

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔxùn

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄒㄩㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu² fan³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔxùn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄒㄩㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔsyùn
    • Wade–Giles: ku³-hsün⁴
    • Yale: gǔ-syùn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guushiunn
    • Palladius: гусюнь (gusjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕyn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu² fan³
    • Yale: gú fan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu² fan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu² fen³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³⁵ fɐn³³/

Noun

古訓

1. ancient maxims or precepts

Japanese

Kanji in this term
古	訓
こ Grade: 2	くん Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こくん [kòkúń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ko̞kɯ̟̃ɴ]

Noun

古(こ)訓(くん) • (kokun) ^{←こくん (kokun)?}

1. (literary) ancient teachings
   • Treatise on Cold Damage (傷寒論), kanbun kundoku

     勤(つと)めて古訓(こくん)を求(もと)め

     tsutomete kokun o motome

     strive to pursue ancient teachings

2. (linguistics) kun-reading of a text or phrase from ancient times

   『日本書紀(にほんしょき)』古訓(こくん)

   “Nihon Shoki” kokun

   early glossing of the Nihon Shoki

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN