字音

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Chinese

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

Pronunciation


Noun

字音

  1. 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

Grade: 1
おん
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

Compound of () (ji, character) + (おん) (on, sound).

Pronunciation

Noun

()(おん) (jion

  1. (linguistics) a pronunciation of a certain character or letter
  2. (linguistics) a reading of a kanji character borrowed from Chinese
    Synonyms: (on), 漢字音 (kanjion)
    Antonym: 字訓 (jikun)

Derived terms

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

字音 (ja'eum) (hangeul 자음)

  1. hanja form? of 자음 (pronunciation)