直音

Japanese

Kanji in this term
直 音
ちょく
Grade: 2
おん
Grade: 1
kan’on goon

Etymology

直 (“straight”) +‎ 音 (“sound”)

Pronunciation

Noun

直(ちょく)音(おん) • (chokuon) 

  1. (Japanese orthography and phonology) in 和語 (wago, “native words”) and 漢語 (kango, “Classical Chinese words”), a mora that must consist of a vowel and be spelt with only one full-sized kana, such as あ (a), き (ki) or む (mu)
    Antonym: 拗音

See also

  • 直(ちょく)音(おん)表(ひょう)記(き) (chokuon hyōki)
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