訓 – instruction, Japanese character reading, explanation

10 strokesTaught in grade 4#1134 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 訓 means instruction, Japanese character reading, explanation, read. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is クン、キン (kun, kin); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is おし.える、よ.む、くん.ずる (oshieru, yomu, kunzuru). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 言 (no. 149).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	クン	kun
On’yomi	キン	kin
Kun’yomi	おし.える	oshieru
Kun’yomi	よ.む	yomu
Kun’yomi	くん.ずる	kunzuru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 言 (Kangxi radical 149). Components: 言・川.

Words using 訓

訓くんnative Japanese reading of a Chinese character訓練くんれんtraining教訓きょうくんlesson

Example sentences

私たちは昨日防火訓練をした。

We had a fire drill yesterday.

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実例は教訓にまさる。

Example is better than precept.

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Kanji with the same radical

議言調話設記認論計談語証説護警訪

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