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声調

声調

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

Noun

声調 ‎(hiragana せいちょう, romaji seichō)

tone, note
a Chinese character tone

See also

陰平声 (1st tone, /˥˥/)
陽平声 (2nd tone, /˧˥/)
上声 (3rd tone, /˨˩˦/)
去声 (4th tone, /˥˩/)
軽声 (neutral tone)

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.