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 (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])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɕa̠kɯ̟ᵝõ̞ɴ]

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)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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