借音

Japanese

Kanji in this term
借	音
しゃく Grade: 4	おん Grade: 1
goon

Examples
濫 → らむ (⟨ramu⟩ → ran) 波奈 → 花 (⟨pana⟩ → hana)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese-derived elements 借 (shaku, “borrowing”) +‎ 音 (on, “sound”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しゃくおん [shàkúóń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕa̠kɯ̟õ̞ɴ]

Noun

借(しゃく)音(おん) • (shakuon) ^{←しやくおん (syakuon)?}

1. the use of 万葉仮名 (man'yōgana) to spell sounds in Old Japanese, irrespective of the kanji's meaning

   Antonyms: 借訓 (shakkun), 正音 (seion)