字音

Japanese

Kanji in this term
字	音
じ Grade: 1	おん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 字 (じ) (ji, “character”) + 音 (おん) (on, “sound”).

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Goon
- (Tokyo) じおん [jìóń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [d͡ʑiõ̞ɴ]

Noun

字音 (hiragana じおん, rōmaji jion)

(linguistics) a pronunciation of a certain character or letter
(linguistics) a reading of a kanji character borrowed from Chinese
Synonyms: 音 (on), 漢字音 (kanjion)

Antonym: 字訓 (jikun)

Derived terms

字 (じ)音 (おん)仮 (か)名 (な)遣 (づかい), 字 (じ)音 (おん)仮 (か)名 (な)遣 (づか)い (jion kanazukai)

References

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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