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Does a kanji with only a kun reading mean that it originated in Japan?
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Does a kanji with only a kun'yomi reading indicate a Japanese origin?
It appears so. However, some of those kanji that originated in Japan (called
国字{こくじ}) also have "on" readings and not just "kun". A common example is
働{はたら}く / 働{どう}
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