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Kun'yomi (訓読み, [kɯɰ̃jomi], lit. "meaning reading"), is a reading based on the pronunciation of a native Japanese word, or yamato kotoba, that closely approximated the meaning of the corresponding Chinese character when it was introduced.[1][2][3]
- ^ Coulmas, Florian (1991). Writing Systems of the World. Wiley. p. 125. ISBN 978-0631180289.
- ^ Loveday, Leo (1996). Language Contact in Japan: A Socio-Linguistic History. Clarendon Press. p. 163. ISBN 978-0198235590.
- ^ Shibatani, Masayoshi (2008). The Languages of Japan. Cambridge University Press. pp. 120–126. ISBN 978-0521369183.