五十音

五十音

Chinese

		fifty; 50	sound; noise; news
simp. and trad. (五十音)		五十	音

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǔshíyīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄕˊ ㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁵ sap⁶ jam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: wǔshíyīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄕˊ ㄧㄣ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuushyin
    • IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ in⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ng⁵ sap⁶ jam¹
    • Yale: ńgh sahp yām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁵ sap⁹ jam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ng⁵ seb⁶ yem¹
    • IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³ sɐp̚² jɐm⁵⁵/

Noun

五十音

1. The modern ordering of the Japanese syllabaries.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
五	十	音
ご Grade: 1	じゅう Grade: 1	おん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

From 五十 (gojū, “fifty”) +‎ 音 (on, “sound”).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ごじゅ​うおん [gòjúꜜùòǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɡo̞ʑɨᵝːõ̞ɴ]

Noun

五十音 (hiragana ごじゅうおん, rōmaji gojūon)

1. The modern ordering of the Japanese syllabaries: あいうえおかきくけこ etc.

Derived terms

• 五 (ご)十 (じゅう)音 (おん)順 (じゅん) (gojūonjun)

See also

• 伊 (い)呂 (ろ)波 (は) (iroha): the traditional ordering

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN