Kanji in this term | |
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音 | 読 |
おん Grade: 1 |
よ Grade: 2 |
jūbakoyomi |
Alternative spellings |
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音讀み (kyūjitai) 音読 (implied okurigana) |
Compound of 音 (on, “sound”) + 読み (yomi, “reading”). Originally referred to the sounds (i.e. pronunciations) to use when reading Chinese text, as opposed to the meanings of these Chinese words in Japanese (called 訓読み (kun'yomi) or 訓読 (kundoku)).[1][2]
As words written in kanji were brought to Japan at different times rather than all at once, each 音読み can be categorized as 呉音 (goon), 漢音 (kan'on), or 唐音 (tōon), among other subcategories, depending on the originating variety. Thus, the same kanji may be used to mean different things depending on the reading, reflecting the differences between the source Chinese varieties, such as 利益 which means profit when read with the 漢音 pronunciation りえき (rieki), but means Buddhist blessing or salvation when read with the 呉音 pronunciation りやく (riyaku).
音読み loosely corresponds to 漢語 (kango), with the former signifying the reading and the latter signifying the word itself.
音読みする • (on'yomi suru) suru (stem 音読みし (on'yomi shi), past 音読みした (on'yomi shita))
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
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Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 音読みし | おんよみし | on'yomi shi | |
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 音読みし | おんよみし | on'yomi shi | |
Shūshikei ("terminal") | 音読みする | おんよみする | on'yomi suru | |
Rentaikei ("attributive") | 音読みする | おんよみする | on'yomi suru | |
Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 音読みすれ | おんよみすれ | on'yomi sure | |
Meireikei ("imperative") | 音読みせよ¹ 音読みしろ² |
おんよみせよ¹ おんよみしろ² |
on'yomi seyo¹ on'yomi shiro² | |
Key constructions | ||||
Passive | 音読みされる | おんよみされる | on'yomi sareru | |
Causative | 音読みさせる 音読みさす |
おんよみさせる おんよみさす |
on'yomi saseru on'yomi sasu | |
Potential | 音読みできる | おんよみできる | on'yomi dekiru | |
Volitional | 音読みしよう | おんよみしよう | on'yomi shiyō | |
Negative | 音読みしない | おんよみしない | on'yomi shinai | |
Negative continuative | 音読みせず | おんよみせず | on'yomi sezu | |
Formal | 音読みします | おんよみします | on'yomi shimasu | |
Perfective | 音読みした | おんよみした | on'yomi shita | |
Conjunctive | 音読みして | おんよみして | on'yomi shite | |
Hypothetical conditional | 音読みすれば | おんよみすれば | on'yomi sureba | |
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative |