有声音

Japanese

Kanji in this term
有	声	音
ゆう Grade: 3	せい Grade: 2	おん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
有聲音 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 有声 (yūsei, “voiced”) +‎ 音 (on, “sound”).

Noun

有(ゆう)声(せい)音(おん) • (yūseion) 

1. (phonetics) sonant, voiced sound

Antonyms

• 無声音(むせいおん) (museion)

References

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