玉音

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Chinese

jade sound; noise; news
simp. and trad.
(玉音)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (31) (34)
Final () (8) (140)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter ngjowk 'im
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ŋɨok̚/ /ʔˠiɪm/
Pan
Wuyun
/ŋiok̚/ /ʔᵚim/
Shao
Rongfen
/ŋiok̚/ /ʔiem/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ŋuawk̚/ /ʔjim/
Li
Rong
/ŋiok̚/ /ʔjəm/
Wang
Li
/ŋĭwok̚/ /ĭĕm/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ŋi̯wok̚/ /ʔi̯əm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yīn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
juk6 jam1

Noun

玉音

  1. (literary) beautiful sound; wonderful voice
  2. (honorific) "your beautiful words" (to refer to a received message)
  3. (historical) speech of the emperor
  • 玉照 (yùzhào, “your photo”)
  • 佳音 (jiāyīn, “good news”)
  • 音信 (yīnxìn, “message”)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
ぎょく
Grade: 1
おん
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(ぎょく)(おん) (gyokuonぎよくおん (gyokuon)?

  1. (honorific) voice of the emperor
    玉音(ぎょくおん)放送(ほうそう)
    Gyokuon Hōsō
    Hirohito surrender broadcast, sometimes literally translated as the "Jewel Voice Broadcast", the 1945 broadcast of the Emperor of Japan's speech on the Empire of Japan's surrender

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
ぎょく
Grade: 1
いん
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(ぎょく)(いん) (gyokuinぎよくいん (gyokuin)?

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN