拗音

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Chinese

stubborn; contrary; bend
stubborn; contrary; bend; break in two
 
 sound; noise; news
simp. and trad.
(拗音) 		拗 音
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Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 拗音(ようおん) (yōon, “the sound of a mora”).

Pronunciation

Noun

拗音

  1. the sound of a Japanese mora involving a consonant, semi-vowel, and vowel, such as きゃ (kya) or the obsolete クヮ (kwa) (Classifier: 個／个)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
拗 音
よう
Hyōgai 		おん
Grade: 1
goon
 拗音 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

拗 (“crooked”) +‎ 音 (“sound”)

Pronunciation

Noun

拗(よう)音(おん) • (yōon) ←えうおん (euon)?

  1. (Japanese orthography and phonology) in 和語 (wago, “native words”) and 漢語 (kango, “Classical Chinese words”), a mora that is spelt with:
    Antonym: 直音 (chokuon)
    1. one of the full-sized kana, き (ki), ぎ (gi), し (shi), じ (ji), ち (chi), ぢ (ji), に (ni), ひ (hi), び (bi), ぴ (pi), み (mi) and り (ri), followed by one the small kana, ゃ, ゅ and ょ, to represent the palatalization of the mora
    2. one of the full-sized kana, く (ku) and ぐ (gu), followed by the small kana ゎ, to represent the historical labialization of the mora

Descendants

  • → Chinese: 拗音 (ǎoyīn)

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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