仄声

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 仄聲 (“oblique tone”).
(This term is the simplified form of 仄聲).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
そく
Hyōgai
しょう
Grade: 2
kan'yōon goon
Alternative spelling
仄聲 (kyūjitai)
Kanji in this term
そく
Hyōgai
せい
Grade: 2
kan'yōon kan'on
Alternative spelling
仄聲 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Middle Chinese 仄聲

Noun

(そく)(せい) or (そく)(しょう) (sokusei or sokushō

  1. (Chinese phonetics) an oblique tone (the 上声 (jōshō, rising tone), the 去声 (kyoshō, departing tone) or the 入声 (nisshō, entering tone), contrasting with the 平声 (hyōshō, level tone) among the 四声 (shisei, four tones) of Middle Chinese)

See also

The tones (of Chinese) in Japanese · 声調(せいちょう) (seichō) (layout · text)
平仄(ひょうそく) (hyōsoku) 平声(ひょうしょう) (hyōshō) 仄声(そくせい) (sokusei)
四声(しせい) (shisei)
平上去入(ひょうじょうきょにゅう) (hyōjōkyonyū)
平声(ひょうしょう) (hyōshō) 上声(じょうしょう) (jōshō) 去声(きょしょう) (kyoshō) 入声(にっしょう) (nisshō)
꜀◌ ꜂◌ ◌꜄ ◌꜆
◌〪 ◌〫 ◌〬 ◌〭
◌〮 ◌〯
꜀◌ ꜁◌ ꜂◌ ꜃◌ ◌꜄ ◌꜅ ◌꜆ ◌꜇
The tones (of Standard Mandarin) in Japanese · 声調(せいちょう) (seichō) (layout · text)
四声(しせい) (shisei) 第一声(だいいっせい) (daīssei) 第二声(だいにせい) (dainisei) 第三声(だいさんせい) (daisansei) 第四声(だいよんせい) (daiyonsei) 軽声(けいせい) (keisei)