a reading of a written Chinese word derived from a synonym (typically, a vernacular synonym) (e.g. in Mandarin, 投子[tou2 zi5]{tau4 zi2} may be pronounced as its synonym 色子[shai3 zi5]{sik1 zi2}, 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[yin1 du2]{jam1 duk6}. For example, 山 has a kun-reading "yama" and an on-reading "san".)
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1a reading of a written Chinese word derived from a synonym (typically, a vernacular synonym) (e.g. in Mandarin, 投子[tou2 zi5]{tau4 zi2} may be pronounced as its synonym 色子[shai3 zi5]{sik1 zi2}, and in Wu dialects, 二 is pronounced as its synonym 兩|两 "liahn")
2to pronounce a word using such a reading
3(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[yin1 du2]{jam1 duk6}. For example, 山 has a kun-reading "yama" and an on-reading "san".)