音栓

Japanese

Kanji in this term
音	栓
おん Grade: 1	せん Grade: S
goon

音栓 (onsen): a set of stops on an organ.

Etymology

Appears to be a Japanese coinage from Middle Chinese-derived roots, as a compound of 音 (on, “sound”) +‎ 栓 (sen, “stop, stopper, plug, cork”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おんせん [òńséń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [õ̞ɰ̃sẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

音(おん)栓(せん) • (onsen) 

1. (music) a stop or register in an organ or similar musical instrument

   Synonym: ストップ (sutoppu)

References

• Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
• Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
• “音栓”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”)‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
• “音栓”, in 世界大百科事典 第２版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainihan, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition”)‎^[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998