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訓

instruction
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingクン、キン
Kun readingおし.える、よ.む、くん.ずる
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 4

Meanings

  1. instructionRtK
  2. japanese character reading
  3. explanation
  4. read
  1. precept
  2. lesson
  3. one's teachings

Synonyms

読み音

Popular Usage

訓練教訓

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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say (言) · words (言) · keitai · mouth (口) · stream · flood

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 365

Compound words

訓練くんれん
training; drill; practice; discipline
訓戒くんかい
warning; admonition; lesson or a phrase that teaches you not to do something
教訓きょうくん
lesson; precept; teachings; moral
音訓おんくん
kanji readings
訓示くんじ
instruction; direction; briefing
訓令くんれい
directive; instructions
特訓とっくん
special training; intensive training; crash course
訓読みくんよみ
kun reading; kun'yomi; native Japanese reading of a Chinese character
遺訓いくん
teachings left by a deceased person
義訓ぎくん
reading of a kanji by meaning
訓えおしえ
teaching
訓育くんいく
discipline
訓辞くんじ
admonitory speech (e.g. to students)
訓詁くんこ
interpretation
訓誨くんかい
giving guidance
訓誡くんかい
warning
訓迪くんてき
guide
慈訓じくん
kind counsel
倭訓わくん
Japanese reading of a Chinese character
訓えるおしえる
to teach
訓詁学くんこがく
exegetics
異字同訓いじどうくん
(words with) different kanji but the same Japanese reading (and usu. a similar meaning)
漢文訓読かんぶんくんどく
reading a classical Chinese text in Japanese
軍事訓練ぐんじくんれん
military exercise

Additional Examples

彼は自分の犬に新聞を取ってくるように訓練した。
He trained his dog to fetch the newspaper.tatoeba
彼は私たちに多くの教訓を与えてくれた。
He told us many lessons.tatoeba
彼は厳しい訓練に耐えられません。
He cannot put up with hard training.tatoeba
彼は競馬のために馬を訓練している。
He is training a horse for a race.tatoeba

Stroke Order

10 strokes

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