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Chinese
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to hurry; to rush; to hasten to hurry; to rush; to hasten; near; to promote
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sound; noise; news
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simp. and trad. (促音)
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促
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音
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Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 促音 (sokuon, “sokuon”).
Pronunciation
Noun
促音
- the Japanese geminate consonant っ/ッ
Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
促音 • (sokuon)
- (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)
- Hypernym: 特殊拍
- Coordinate term: 撥音
- (Japanese orthography) the small kana っ/ッ used to spell a moraic obstruent
See also
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.