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子音

子音

Chinese

 
child; son; (noun suff.); small thing; midnight; 11 p.m.-1 a.m.; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch
sound; noise; news
simp. and trad.
(子音)

Noun

子音

  1. (phonetics) consonant

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Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term

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

Grade: 1
いん
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

子音 (hiragana しいん, romaji shiin, alternative reading しおん, romaji shion)

  1. (phonetics, phonology) consonant

Related terms

References

  1. 1 2 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
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.