Chinese edit

 
to hurry; to rush; to hasten
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; near; to promote
sound; noise; news
simp. and trad.
(促音)

Etymology edit

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 促音(そくおん) (sokuon, sokuon).

Pronunciation edit


Noun edit

促音

  1. the Japanese geminate consonant /

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
そく
Grade: S
おん
Grade: 1
goon
 促音 on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(そく)(おん) (sokuon

  1. (Japanese phonology and phonetics) a moraic obstruent (the first half of a Japanese geminate obstruent, such as the first [k] in [kk], usually phonologically noted as /Q/, bearing one mora as the coda of a syllable)
    Hypernym: 特殊拍
    Coordinate term: 撥音
  2. (Japanese orthography) the small kana / used to spell a moraic obstruent

See also edit

References edit

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