訓読み

Compound of 訓 (kun, “meaning”) +‎ 読み (yomi, “reading”). Originally referred to the meanings of Chinese words as expressed in native Japanese words or 大和(やまと)言(こと)葉(ば) (Yamato kotoba), as opposed to the sounds (i.e. pronunciations) to use when reading Chinese text (called 音読み (on'yomi) or 音読 (ondoku), literally “sound reading”).^[1][2]

• (Tokyo) くんよみ [kùń'yómí] (Heiban – [0])^[2][3][4]
• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟̃ɰ̃jo̞mʲi]

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訓(くん)読(よ)み • (kun'yomi) 

1. (linguistics) kun'yomi: a reading of a kanji that is not derived from the kanji's original pronunciation borrowed from Chinese

• See kun'yomi in Appendix:Japanese glossary for more details.

Based on native Japanese vocabulary:

• 名乗(なの)り (nanori) (used for the readings of names: given names and sometimes place names)

Based on Chinese-derived pronunciations:

• 音読(おんよ)み (on'yomi)
  • 漢音(かんおん) (kan'on)
  • 呉音(ごおん) (goon)
  • 唐音(とうおん) (tōon)
  • 唐宋音(とうそうおん) (tōsōon)
  • 宋音(そうおん) (sōon)
  • 慣用音(かんようおん) (kan'yōon)

訓(くん)読(よ)みする • (kun'yomi suru) suru (stem 訓(くん)読(よ)みし (kun'yomi shi), past 訓(くん)読(よ)みした (kun'yomi shita))

1. to use the kun'yomi of a word, to read a kanji using the pronunciation of a native Japanese word