声調

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See also: 声调 and 聲調

Japanese

Kanji in this term
声 調
せい
Grade: 2 		ちょう
Grade: 3
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
聲調 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

声(せい)調(ちょう) • (seichō) 

  1. tone, note
  2. a Chinese character tone

See also

The tones (of Chinese) in Japanese · 声調(せいちょう) (seichō) (layout · text)
平仄(ひょうそく) (hyōsoku) 平声(ひょうしょう) (hyōshō) 仄声(そくせい) (sokusei)
四声(しせい) (shisei)
平上去入(ひょうじょうきょにゅう) (hyōjōkyonyū) 		平声(ひょうしょう) (hyōshō) 上声(じょうしょう) (jōshō) 去声(きょしょう) (kyoshō) 入声(にっしょう) (nisshō)
꜀◌ ꜂◌ ◌꜄ ◌꜆
◌〪 ◌〫 ◌〬 ◌〭
∅ ◌〮 ◌〯 ∅
꜀◌ ꜁◌ ꜂◌ ꜃◌ ◌꜄ ◌꜅ ◌꜆ ◌꜇
The tones (of Standard Mandarin) in Japanese · 声調(せいちょう) (seichō) (layout · text)
四声(しせい) (shisei) 第一声(だいいっせい) (daīssei) 第二声(だいにせい) (dainisei) 第三声(だいさんせい) (daisansei) 第四声(だいよんせい) (daiyonsei) 軽声(けいせい) (keisei)

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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