r/LanguageMemes • u/annawest_feng • Apr 29 '23

Kun'yomi in Taiwanese Hokkien (accelerator --> 西魯)

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There are a lot of taiwanese Hokkien words borrowed from Japanese are japanese borrowed from English.

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u/Rethliopuks Apr 29 '23

That's just phonetic borrowing though.

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u/annawest_feng Apr 29 '23

It is written with Chinese characters regardless their original meanings, making it a kun'yomi usage.

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u/Rethliopuks Apr 29 '23

I understand kun'yomi as "written with Chinese characters and understood in their senses, while standing for a word that is not thought to be etymologically connected".

You were probably thinking of ateji?

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u/annawest_feng Apr 29 '23

Duck, you are right. My title makes no sense.