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Kanji in this term
じゅく
Grade: 6

Grade: 1
くん
Grade: 4
goon on’yomi
 
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Etymology edit

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

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(じゅく)()(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 edit

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN