声母

See also: 聲母

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 声母 – see 聲母 (“initial”). (This term is the simplified form of 聲母).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
声	母
せい Grade: 2	ぼ Grade: 2
kan’on	kan’yōon

Alternative spelling
聲母 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Chinese 声母 (shēngmǔ, literally “sound mother”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せ​ーぼ [séꜜèbò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [se̞ːbo̞]

Noun

声(せい)母(ぼ) • (seibo) 

1. (traditional Chinese phonology) the onset of a Chinese syllable

   Hypernym: オンセット

   Coordinate term: 韻母