音

Derived characters

 * Appendix:Chinese radical/音

Glyph origin

 * with something in – sound comes from the mouth.

Definitions

 * 1) sound; voice; tone
 * 2) news; tidings
 * 3)  pitch; note
 * 4)  pronunciation; syllable
 * 1)  pronunciation; syllable

Kanji

 * 1) sound
 * 2) timbre
 * : music
 * 1) speech
 * : Chinese-derived reading of a kanji
 * 1) news, tidings

Etymology 1
→ →  →

From.

Noun

 * 1) sound
 * 2)  speech sound
 * : the Chinese-derived reading of a kanji
 * 1)  reading of a Chinese character outside the Japanese language; rime
 * : music

Etymology 2
→ * →

From, from.

Appears in the late 1400s with the geminate pronunciation. This reading is very rare, and appears to have fallen out of use.

Noun

 * 1) a sound
 * 2) when used with a "hear" verb, a rumor or fame
 * 3) news, tidings
 * 4) a reply, response
 * 1) news, tidings
 * 2) a reply, response

Usage notes
Oto is used for loud sounds and voices, as opposed to the ne reading.

Etymology 3
→ * →

The shift from oto, with the initial o being dropped.

The drop is likely due to haplology with the possessive particle.

Noun

 * 1) sound; echo; voice
 * , text here

Etymology 4
→ * →

From. First attested in the  of 712, with the phonetic spelling.

The original meaning appears to have been "a sound or cry, as made by an insect, bird, or beast". The verb for making such a sound is, cognate with. It remains unclear if this noun ne ("sound") might be related to the verb naku ("to make a sound").

Noun

 * 1)  a sound, voice
 * 2)  the cry of an animal

Usage notes
Ne is used for relatively soft sounds and voices that appeals to human emotions, as opposed to the oto reading.

Etymology 5
From.

The kan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing.

Affix

 * 1) sound
 * 2) news; tidings; word
 * 1) news; tidings; word
 * 1) news; tidings; word

Hanja

 * 1) * 訓之對 文字讀聲 (훈지대 문자독성, hunjidae munjadokseong) the complement of the hun (hence) the sound reading a (Chinese) character.
 * 1) * 訓之對 文字讀聲 (훈지대 문자독성, hunjidae munjadokseong) the complement of the hun (hence) the sound reading a (Chinese) character.
 * 1) * 訓之對 文字讀聲 (훈지대 문자독성, hunjidae munjadokseong) the complement of the hun (hence) the sound reading a (Chinese) character.
 * 1) * 訓之對 文字讀聲 (훈지대 문자독성, hunjidae munjadokseong) the complement of the hun (hence) the sound reading a (Chinese) character.

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) sound

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) sound

Usage notes

 * Chữ Nôm. The modern Vietnamese equivalent is âm.

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) sound

Noun

 * 1)  sound