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Kun

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A Finnish Moon god.
Noun
  1. 1
    In the Japanese language, the pronunciation, or reading, of a kanji character as a native Japanese word that means what the character represents, contrasted with on. uncountable

    "Most kanji have two kinds of reading, called "on" and "kun"."

Etymology

From Japanese 訓読み (kun'yomi), literally "meaning reading" (i.e. pronunciation based on meaning).

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