Chinese edit

nose sound; noise; news
simp. and trad.
(鼻音)

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Noun edit

鼻音

  1. nasally sound in one's voice
  2. (phonetics) nasal sound

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (鼻音):
  • Japanese: 鼻音(びおん) (bion)
  • Korean: 비음(鼻音) (bieum)

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
おん
Grade: 1
goon

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

()(おん) (bion

  1. (phonetics, phonology) a nasal sound
  2. (phonology) a mora that contains a nasal sound, such as (ni), (mi), (n) or the historically nasalized vowel (u)
  3. Synonym of 撥音 (hatsuon, moraic nasal)

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References edit

  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
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN