kun
kun noun: 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.
Noun
kun (uncountable)
Proper noun capitalized: Kun
Kun
kun meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Telugu and Malayalam
kun in Tamil
- குன்
kun in Bengali
- কুন
kun in Telugu
- కున్
kun in Malayalam
- കുൻ, കുൺ
More languagesFewer languages
- kun in Kannada
- ಕುನ್
- kun in Punjabi
- ਕੁੰਨ, ਕੁਨ
- kun in Gujarati
- કુન
- kun in Odia
- କୁନ୍, କୁନ
Origin of kun
From Japanese 訓読み (kun'yomi), literally "meaning reading" (i.e. pronunciation based on meaning).
Questions about kun
- What does kun mean?
- Kun means 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.
- What is kun in Tamil?
- Kun in Tamil is குன். See Kun meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is kun?
- Kun can be a noun or a proper noun.
Words near kun in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: kun (page history and authors); Kun (page history and authors); kun (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kun (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kun (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kun (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kun (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kun (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kun (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kun (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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