字音

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Chinese

		letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word	sound; noise; news
simp. and trad. (字音)		字	音

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zìyīn

(Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ jam¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ-îm
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lī-im / jī-im

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zìyīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zìhyin
  - Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-yin¹
  - Yale: dz̀-yīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhin
  - Palladius: цзыинь (czyinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ in⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi⁶ jam¹
  - Yale: jih yām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ jam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ yem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² jɐm⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-îm
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii im^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴ im¹
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ im²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī-im
  - Tâi-lô: lī-im
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lixym
  - IPA (Taipei): /li³³⁻¹¹ im⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁴¹⁻²² im³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /li²²⁻²¹ im⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jī-im
  - Tâi-lô: jī-im
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jixym
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /zi³³⁻²¹ im⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zi²²⁻²¹ im⁴⁴/

Noun

字音

pronunciation of a character
京劇字音／京剧字音 ― jīngjù zìyīn ― pronunciation of characters used in Peking Opera (上口字)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
字	音
じ Grade: 1	おん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 字(じ) (ji, “character”) + 音(おん) (on, “sound”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じおん (Heiban – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

字(じ)音(おん) • (jion)

(linguistics) a pronunciation of a certain character or letter
(linguistics) a reading of a kanji character borrowed from Chinese
Synonyms: 音 (on), 漢字音 (kanjion)

Antonym: 字訓 (jikun)

Derived terms

字音(じおん)仮名(かな)遣(づかい), 字音(じおん)仮名(かな)遣(づか)い (jion kanazukai)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
字	音

Noun

字音 • (ja'eum) (hangeul 자음)

hanja form^? of 자음 (“pronunciation”)

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