閉塞音

Japanese

Kanji in this term
閉	塞	音
へい Grade: 6	そく Grade: S	おん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 閉塞(へいそく) (heisoku, “blockade”) + 音(おん) (on, “sound”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) へーそくおん [hèésókúꜜòǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])[1][2]
(Tokyo) へーそくおん [hèésóꜜkùòǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [he̞ːso̞kɯ̟ᵝõ̞ɴ]

Noun

閉(へい)塞(そく)音(おん) • (heisokuon)

(phonetics) an obstruent

Synonyms

閉(へい)鎖(さ)音(おん) (heisaon)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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