そくおん

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Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of そくおん – see the following entry.
促音
(Japanese phonology and phonetics) a moraic obstruent (the first half of a Japanese geminate obstruent, such as the first [k] in [kk], usually phonologically noted as /Q/, bearing one mora as the coda of a syllable)
(Japanese orthography) the small kana / used to spell a moraic obstruent
(This term, そくおん (sokuon), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)