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

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熟字訓

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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): [d͡ʑɨᵝkɯ̟ᵝʑikɯ̟̃ᵝɴ]

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”)

Synonyms

• 義(ぎ)訓(くん) (gikun)

See also

• English Wiktionary: Category:Japanese terms spelled with jukujikun
• Japanese Wiktionary: ja:Category:熟字訓
• List accompanying the official 常用漢字(じょうようかんじ) (jōyō kanji): ja:Wiktionary:常用漢字の一覧#付表
• 当(あ)て字(じ) (ateji)

References

1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
3. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN