U+8A13 "訓" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
U+8A13 "訓" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) that also appears in Japanese as "kun" and in Korean as "hun." Its core meaning revolves around "instruction," "teaching," "admonition," or "lesson," often conveying the concept of explaining or guiding someone through words. The character is composed of the "speech" radical (言) on the left, indicating language or speaking, and a right-side component (川) that historically relates to flowing water or order, suggesting the structured delivery of knowledge. In Japanese, it is famously used in the term "kun'yomi," which refers to the native Japanese reading of a kanji, as opposed to the Chinese-derived "on'yomi." Across East Asian languages, 訓 appears in words related to training, moral instruction, and dictionary definitions, reflecting its enduring role in education and cultural transmission.