Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
ぎょう
Grade: 2
てん
Grade: 3

Grade: 6
おん
Grade: 1
goon on’yomi kan’on goon
Alternative spelling
ハ行轉呼音 (kyūjitai)
 
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Etymology edit

From ハ行 (ha-gyō, ha-row) +‎ 転呼音 (tenkoon, historical sound shift).

Noun edit

(ぎょう)(てん)()(おん) (ha-gyō tenkoon

  1. (linguistics) a historical consonantal shift of the Japanese language involving the kana / (ha), / (hi), / (fu), / (he), and / (ho)

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