Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
へい
Grade: 6
そく
Grade: S
おん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology edit

Compound of 閉塞(へいそく) (heisoku, blockade) + (おん) (on, sound).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(へい)(そく)(おん) (heisokuon

  1. (phonetics) an obstruent

Synonyms edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN