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唐音

唐音

Chinese

Tang dynasty (618-907) sound; noise; news
simp. and trad.
(唐音)

Noun

唐音

  1. Tang reading of Chinese characters in Japanese, Tō-on

Japanese

Kanji in this term
とう
Grade: S
おん
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

唐音 (hiragana とうおん, romaji tōon, historical hiragana たうおん)

  1. Tang reading of Chinese characters, Tō-on
  2. a category of on'yomi (音読み, おんよみ) the Japanese approximation of the original Chinese pronunciation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3