Onyomi: キン, クン · Kunyomi: おし.える, くん.ずる, よ.む · Meanings: Japanese character reading, explanation, instruction, read
Kanji for japanese character reading, explanation, instruction, read
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訓 has the speech radical 言 on the left, which relates to words and speaking. On the right is 川, meaning river. Just like a river flows in one direction, instructions and teachings flow from a teacher to a student. From this idea of guiding words that flow, 訓 came to mean instruction or training.
Words that guide you like a flowing river are 訓.
Imagine a teacher speaking (言), their words flowing smoothly like a river (川). Those guiding words are 訓 — instruction.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 教え | おしえ | teaching, instruction, teachings, precept, lesson, doctrine | common JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 訓 | くん | native Japanese reading of a Chinese character | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 訓練 | くんれん | training, drill, practice, discipline | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 読む | よむ | to read | common JLPT-N5 Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verb |
| 教える | おしえる | to teach, to instruct | common JLPT-N5 Ichidan verb, Transitive verb |
| 訓示 | くんじ | instruction, direction, briefing | common Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 訓練生 | くんれんせい | trainee | Noun |
| 訓読み | くんよみ | kun reading, kun'yomi, native Japanese reading of a Chinese character | common Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 訓戒 | くんかい | warning, admonition, lesson or a phrase that teaches you not to do something | Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 訓令 | くんれい | directive, instructions | Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |