Chinese

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straight; vertical; frank
straight; vertical; frank; directly; straightly; upright
 
sound; noise; news
simp. and trad.
(直音)

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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直音

  1. (linguistics) homophonous Chinese character, used in providing the pronunciation of another word
    加注直音  ―  jiāzhù zhíyīn  ―  to indicate pronunciation using homophones

Etymology 2

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Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 直音.

Noun

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直音

  1. (Japanese orthography and phonology) a mora that consists of either (1) one vowel or (2) one consonant and one vowel, and is spelt with only one full-sized kana, such as (a), (ki) or (bu)
    Antonym: 拗音 (ǎoyīn)

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ちょく
Grade: 2
おん
Grade: 1
kan'on goon
 直音 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

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(straight) +‎ (sound)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ちょく)(おん) (chokuon

  1. (Japanese orthography and phonology) a mora that consists of either (1) one vowel or (2) one consonant and one vowel, and is spelt with only one full-sized kana, such as (a), (ki) or (bu)
    Antonym: 拗音 (yōon)

See also

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