# jukujikun

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
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.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/jukujikun