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![]() | The Kanji 音 is a combination of 言げん(gen) say and 一いち(ichi) one, one radical (no.1). 言げん(gen) say meaning "word" it was used to mean speaking a word to God. And adding 一いち(ichi) one, one radical (no.1) to it, meant that, one response was heard from God. The response is a sound, so the Character has the meaning sound |
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![]() | When i see the Kanji 音おと(oto) sound, noise, I see the top half is a small chick crying out "pee!pee!" or whatever sound a chich makes. And the bottom half is just a hand holding it in somewhat of a fisted hand shape. The chick is crying out and making alot of noise with all the sound he is making. |
Info on the Kanji 音 | What's a Kanji? |
| sound, noise | |
| onyomi | ON, IN |
| kunyomi | oto, ne |
| stroke count | 9 |
| grade | 1 |
| jlpt level | N4 |
| Example words with 音 | |
| Word | Meaning |
| 音おと oto | sound / noise / report / note / fame |
| ラ音らおと ra oto | rale / rales |
| 雨音あまおと amaoto | sound of rainfall |
| 英音えいおと ei oto | english pronunciation |
| 音さおとさ oto sa | tuning fork |
| 音画おとが oto ga | tonmalerei / sound film |
| 音楽おんがく ongaku | music / musical movement |
| 音高おんこう onkou | pitch |
| 音字おとじ oto ji | syllabary / phonetic symbol |
| 音質おんしつ onshitsu | tone quality / sound quality |
| 音写おんしゃ onsha | transliteration |
| 音色ねいろ neiro | tone color / tone colour / tone quality / timbre / synthesizer patch / synthesiser patch |
| 音図おとず oto zu | phonetic table |
| 音大おんだい ondai | college of music |
| 音物おともの oto mono | present / bribe |
| 音名おんめい onmei | names of musical notes |
| 音力おとちから oto chikara | strength of the voice |
| 開音かいおと kai oto | long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "a" and "u" sounds |
| 楽音がくおん gakuon | musical note |
| 漢音かんおん kan on | han reading of chinese characters |
| 強音きょうおと kyou oto | accent / stress |
| 空音そらおと sora oto | imitated cry / lie |
| 古音こおと ko oto | old character pronunciation |
| 五音ごおと go oto | pentatonic scale |
| 語音ごおん goon | the sound of a word |
| 口音くちおと kuchi oto | oral consonant |
| 高音こうおん kouon | high-pitched tone / soprano |
| 子音しいん shiin | consonant |
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| Example Sentences with 音 |
| 「あの音で考え事ができないわ」と、彼女はタイプライターを見つめながら言った。 「彼女は音楽が好きだ。」 「私もそうだ。」 私の趣味は音楽を聞くことです。 そうです、異常音は空冷ファンの最後の断末魔だったのです。 |
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