Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
しん
Grade: S
ない
Grade: 2
おん
Grade: 1
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
唇內音 (kyūjitai)

Etymology edit

Compound of 唇内(しんない) (shinnai, labial) + (おん) (on, sound).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(しん)(ない)(おん) (shinnaion

  1. (phonetics) in Sanskrit phonology, a consonant made with the lips; a labial (/p, b, m/) consonant

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN