训读

Traditional form:

訓讀

Pinyin (reading):

xùndú

Definitions:

• a reading of a written Chinese word derived from a synonym (typically, a vernacular synonym) (e.g. in Mandarin, 投子 (tóuzi) may be pronounced as its synonym 色子 (shǎizi), and in Wu dialects, 二 is pronounced as its synonym 兩／两 "liahn")
• to pronounce a word using such a reading
• (Japanese linguistics) kun-reading, a pronunciation of a kanji derived from a native Japanese word that matches its meaning rather than from the pronunciation of the character in a Sinitic language at the time it was imported from China (Note: A kun-reading of a character is distinguished from its on-reading(s) 音讀／音读 (yīndú). For example, 山 has a kun-reading "yama" and an on-reading "san".)

Characters:

• 训 - to teach, to instruct; pattern, example; exegesis
• 读 - to study, to learn; to read, to pronounce

Traditional characters:

• 訓 - to teach, to instruct; pattern, example; exegesis
• 讀 - to study, to learn; to read, to pronounce