漢音

Noun

 * 1) the kan'on reading of Chinese characters (kanji) in Japanese, descended from the Middle Chinese pronunciation from the late  through the early  in Chinese history

Etymology
Probably composed in Japan of -derived elements as a compound of.

Noun

 * 1) Kan'on, a Sino-Japanese kanji pronunciation layer; based mainly on the Chinese pronunciation in use in the areas around  (around modern-day ) and, as imported into Japanese in the  and the early  in Japanese history, and roughly from the late  through the early  in Chinese history.  The predominant layer used in Japanese today, as opposed to the other layers which are associated with restricted sets of words (Buddhism, etc.).