漢字道KANJIDO

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クン
Kun
Meaning
instruction, teaching, Japanese reading

Origin

ORIGIN

A phono-semantic character with 言 (words) and 川 as the sound. From guiding with words it means to teach or instruct.

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Readings and examples

OFFICIAL READINGS

クン訓練・教訓・音訓

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

Compounds

COMPOUNDS

  • 教訓きょうくん

    lesson, moral

  • 訓読みくんよみ

    kun (native) reading

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

失敗から教訓を得る。

We learn a lesson from failure.

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