撥音

Japanese

See also: ん

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
撥 音
はつ
Hyōgaiji
おん
Grade: 1
kan’on goon

From 撥(はつ) (hatsu, “pick”) + 音(おん) (on, “sound”).

Pronunciation

Noun

撥(はつ)音(おん) • (hatsuon) 

  1. (Japanese phonology and phonetics) a moraic nasal (usually phonologically noted as /N/, variously realized as [m], [n], [ŋ], [ɴ] or a nasalized vowel, bearing one mora as the coda of a syllable)
    Synonym: 鼻音
    Hypernym: 特殊拍
    Coordinate term: 促音
  2. (Japanese orthography) the kana ん/ン (n) used to spell a moraic nasal

See also

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
撥 音
ばち
Hyōgaiji
おと
Grade: 1
jūbakoyomi

From 撥(ばち) (bachi, “pick”) + 音(おと) (oto, “sound”).

Pronunciation

Noun

撥(ばち)音(おと) • (bachioto) 

  1. the sound made when playing an instrument with a pick or a drumstick

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  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
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