ちょくおん

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ちょくおん – see the following entry.

【直音】 [noun] (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 あ (a), き (ki) or ぶ (bu)

(This term, ちょくおん (chokuon), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)