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

On’yomi

(Tokyo) ちょくおん [chòkúꜜòǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])
IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo̞kɯ̟ᵝõ̞ɴ]

Noun

直(ちょく)音(おん) • (chokuon)

(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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