List: gikun (meaning as reading) or jukujikun (special kanji reading)
Gikun and jukujikun are readings of kanji combinations that have no direct correspondence to the characters' individual on'yomi or kun'yomi readings.
gikun or jukujikun rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- silver vine (Actinidia polygama), cat powder
gikun or jukujikun search-only kana form rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- horned owl (any owl with horn-like ear tufts)
gikun or jukujikun noun noun (generic)
- horseback archery
gikun or jukujikun usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Japanese green woodpecker (Picus awokera), Japanese woodpecker, wavy-bellied woodpecker
gikun or jukujikun noun noun (generic)
- funnel
gikun or jukujikun rarely used kanji form noun noun (generic)
- beacon, skyrocket, signal fire, smoke signals
- starting shot, starting signal
gikun or jukujikun obsolete reading formal or literary term noun noun (generic)
- old man
gikun or jukujikun usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- crucible, melting pot
- melting pot (of cultures, ideas, etc.)
- state of ecstasy, state of fevered excitement
popular gikun or jukujikun rarely used kanji form JLPT N4 usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- pickpocket
gikun or jukujikun usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- black-faced bunting (Emberiza spodocephala)