唐宋音

Japanese

Kanji in this term
唐	宋	音
とう Grade: S	そう Jinmeiyō	おん Grade: 1
on’yomi		goon

Etymology

From 唐 (Tō, “Tang”) +‎ 宋 (Sō, “Song”) +‎ 音 (on, “Sino-Japanese reading of a kanji”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) とーそ​ーおん [tòósóꜜòòǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [to̞ːso̞ːõ̞ɴ]

Noun

唐(とう)宋(そう)音(おん) • (tōsōon) ^{←たうそうおん (tausouon)?}

1. (Should we delete⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) the pronunciation of Chinese characters used in the Tang and Song dynasties of China, mainly limited to Zen vocabulary, and has less influence on general expressions
2. a category of 音読み (on'yomi, “Japanese approximation of the original Chinese pronunciation”), kanji pronunciation first brought to Japan by Zen monks during the Kamakura Period, corresponding to the late Song dynasty in China

   Hyponyms: 唐音 (tōon), 宋音 (sōon)

See also

• 呉(ご)音(おん) (gōn)
• 漢(かん)音(おん) (kan'on)