漢音

See also: 汉音

Chinese

		Chinese; name of a dynasty; man	sound; noise; news
trad. (漢音)		漢	音
simp. (汉音)		汉	音

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hànyīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˋ ㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hon³ jam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: hànyīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˋ ㄧㄣ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hannin
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hànyin
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xän⁵¹ in⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hon³ jam¹
    • Yale: hon yām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon³ jam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hon³ yem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn³³ jɐm⁵⁵/

Noun

漢音

1. (Japan) The kan'on reading of Chinese characters (kanji) in Japanese, descended from the Chinese pronunciation from the late Tang Dynasty through the early Song Dynasty in Chinese history.

See also

• 吳音／吴音 (wúyīn)
• 宋音 (sòngyīn)
• 唐音 (tángyīn)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
漢	音
かん Grade: 3	おん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

Probably composed in Japan of Middle Chinese elements as a compound of 漢 (kan, “Han Chinese”) +‎ 音 (on, “sound”).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Goon
  • (Tokyo) か​んおん [káꜜǹ'òǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • (Tokyo) かんおん [kàń'óń] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [kã̠ɰ̃õ̞ɴ]
  • Homophones: 幹音, 感恩

Noun

漢音 (hiragana かんおん, rōmaji kan'on)

1. a Japanese reading of kanji

   The kan'on readings are based mainly on the Chinese pronunciation in use in the areas around Chang'an (around modern-day Xi'an) and Henan, as imported into Japanese in the Nara period and the early Heian period in Japanese history, and roughly from the late Tang Dynasty through the early Song Dynasty in Chinese history.

See also

• 訓読 (くんよ)み (kun'yomi)
• 音読 (おんよ)み (on'yomi)
• 呉音 (ごおん) (goon)
• 宋音 (そうおん) (sōon)
• 唐音 (とうおん) (tōon)

References