しゃくおん

See also: じゃくおん

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of しゃくおん – see the following entry.

【借音】 [noun] the use of 万葉仮名 (man'yōgana) to spell sounds in Old Japanese, irrespective of the kanji's meaning

(This term, しゃくおん (shakuon), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)