借音

借音

Japanese

Kanji in this term
借	音
しゃく Grade: 4	おん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Examples
濫 → らむ (⟨ramu⟩ → ran) 波奈 → 花 (⟨pana⟩ → hana)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese-derived elements 借 (shaku, “borrowing”) +‎ 音 (on, “sound”).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Goon
• (Tokyo) しゃくおん [shàkúóń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɕa̠kɯ̟ᵝõ̞ɴ]

Noun

借(しゃく)音(おん) • (shakuon) 

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. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN