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jukujikun

jukujikun noun: a Japanese word whose kanji spelling conveys the meaning based on the individual characters, but whose reading is not directly related to the spelling.

Noun

jukujikun (plural jukujikun)

  1. A Japanese word whose kanji spelling conveys the meaning based on the individual characters, but whose reading is not directly related to the spelling.

Forms of jukujikun

pluraljukujikun

Origin of jukujikun

Borrowed from Japanese 熟字訓 (jukujikun, literally “compound character reading”).

Questions about jukujikun

What does jukujikun mean?
Jukujikun means a Japanese word whose kanji spelling conveys the meaning based on the individual characters, but whose reading is not directly related to the spelling.
What part of speech is jukujikun?
Jukujikun is a noun.
What is the plural of jukujikun?
The plural of jukujikun is jukujikun.

Words near jukujikun in the dictionary

  1. juking
  2. juking time
  3. jukskei
  4. jukskeis
  5. juku
  6. jukujikun
  7. jukus
  8. JUL
  9. Jul.
  10. julaceous
  11. Julander

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