幻聴

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See also: 幻聽 and 幻听

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
げん
Grade: S
ちょう
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
幻聽 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

/ɡent͡ɕʲau//ɡent͡ɕɔː//ɡent͡ɕoː/

Probably from Middle Chinese compound 幻聽幻听 (ɣuæn thieng, literally fantasy + listen, hear). Compare modern Mandarin 幻聽幻听 (huàntīng).

Pronunciation

Noun

(げん)(ちょう) (genchōげんちやう (gentyau)?

  1. auditory hallucination

See also

References

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