Examples of “kun” in a Sentence

noun In Japanese, the way of reading a kanji character according to its native Japanese meaning, rather than its borrowed Chinese-derived sound.

• The character for 'mountain' has a kun reading of 'yama' and an on reading closer to the original Chinese.
• Beginners often struggle with knowing whether to use the kun or on reading of a kanji.
• Most kanji have two kinds of reading, called "on" and "kun".
• Our teacher asked us to write the kun reading beside each kanji in the list.