オン
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. sound; noise; report
2. note
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (208 in total)
Japanese pronunciation of a kanji (based on adopted Chinese pronunciations)
tone-deafness; amusia; tone-deaf; off-key; having no sense (of something); being hopeless (when it comes to something)
sharp (musical note)
sad voices; sad sounds
phonetic table (esp. that of Japanese)
go-on; Wu reading; on reading of a kanji based on 5th and 6th century Chinese
chord; "on" reading of a kanji
overtone; harmonic
pleasant sound; crack (of a baseball bat); roar (of a motor)
speed of sound
voiceless sound
phoneme
silence
rale; rales
(audio) recording
sound effect
imitative sound (in film, theatre, etc.); sound effect
stammering; stuttering; dysphemia
sound field
tuning fork
syllabary; phonetic symbol
signal (sound); starting gun signal
dental; dental consonant; dental sound
outdoor concert hall; band shell; bandstand
thunderous roar; roaring sound
sound of an explosion
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
(sound of an) explosion or detonation; roar (of a machine)
pronunciation; production of sound
metallic sound; metallic clank
noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio); static; gossip; irresponsible criticism
low noise (of a machine, appliance, etc.); silent (device)
electronic sound
volume (sound)
(sound of one's) heartbeat
a sweet voice
plosive sound
soft sound; dampening (of sound)
ringtone (of mobile phones, portable phones, cellphones, etc.)
low tone; bass; low voice
warning sound
allophone; strange noise
notification sound
sound source; sound generator; tone generator
discord; dissonance; cacophony; discord (in a relationship); disagreement; disharmony
high-pitched tone; soprano
warning sound
a sound; one sound
college of music
arrival chime (of an elevator, train, etc.)
sound of operation; operation noise; running noise
exhaust sound; exhaust note
liquid sound
ringtone; ring tone; ringback tone; ringing tone
singing range; register
correspondence; news; letter; tidings
metre; rhythm; musical temperament
tone quality; sound quality
rhythm game (video game genre); music game
the Emperor's voice; beautiful voice; beautiful sound
sound collection
pentatonic scale
sound of something falling
fricative; fricative consonant
tune; tone; intonation; melody; rhythm; harmony
syllable
daily life noise; household noises; noise that arises at home from everyday occurrences
vocal sound; phoneme
sense of sound; sense of pitch
consonant
semitone; half-tone
rapping sound (and other sounds when associated with poltergeists)
pitch (of a sound)
sound pressure; acoustic pressure
the Japanese syllabary
homophony; same pronunciation; unison; same pitch; (in) one voice; (speaking in) unison
synthetic sound
single sound; monosyllable; phone; monotone (harmonica, etc.)
on reading; on'yomi; Chinese-derived reading of a kanji
singing, dancing and music; (public) entertainment; performing arts
dampening (sound); diminishing (chord, interval)
long sound
mediant; baritone; contralto; medium tone; medium pitch
exquisite voice; exquisite music
G clef; treble clef
pure tone
sound of a word; sounds of speech; phoneme
musical note
double-stopping (string instr.); double-stop; multiphonics (e.g. wind instr.)
number of syllabic sounds in a language
hold music; music on hold; hold tone
kan-on; Han reading; on reading of a kanji based on Tang dynasty Chinese
articulation
phonograph record; gramophone record
short sound
fundamental tone
report of a death
sound of sutra chanting
roar of a cannon
kanji readings
(alveolar) flap
sound pattern; figure
euphony; euphonic change
transliteration; phonetic representation of a foreign word using Chinese characters; reading aloud (for people with impaired vision)
whole tone
voiced sound
sandhi; liaison; trill
dominant (note)
note name; pitch name; letter notation
tonic; keynote
accent; stress
fundamental tone; fundamental note
looking up a word or kanji by its reading (rather than by its radical or stroke count); katakana-hiragana prolonged sound mark
tremolo; trill; vibratory sound; warble tone
phonetic value; note value; time value
tō-on; Tang reading; on reading of a kanji based on Song dynasty and later Chinese
phonetic representation
compound note (on a harmonica)
euphonic change of pronunciation; elision
dialectal pronunciation
sound field
correct Chinese (on) pronunciation of a character
single-kana sound
similar sound
kanji reading and meaning
F clef; bass clef
stereo image (audio)
oral consonant
ejective consonant
stop; stop consonant; occlusive
approximant
organ stop
tone poem
Japanese pronunciation of a kanji (based on adopted Chinese pronunciations)
rale; rales; crackles; abnormal rattling sound in the lungs
speech sound
infra-sound; infrasound; low frequency sound
visage; voice and countenance
sō-on; Song reading; on reading of a kanji based on Song dynasty and later Chinese (esp. in words related to Zen Buddhism)
gurgle; sound of peristaltic activity
combination tone (psychoacoustic phenomenon); difference tone
heptatonic scale; seven note scale; heptachord
strength of the voice
Vietnamese reading (of Chinese characters)
megaphone; speaking tube; sound box
telephone time-warning sound
aspirate; aspirated consonant
English pronunciation
popularly accepted "on" reading of a kanji (as opposed to those derived from Chinese)
alveolar consonant
Wu-dynasty reading of Chinese characters
professor specializing in the readings of kanji in classic Confucianist texts
(of Chinese) pronunciation of kanji without a medial between the initial consonant and center vowel; (of Japanese) the long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "a" and "u" sounds
long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "o" and "u" or "e" and "u" sounds
phonetic change; change in sound; shift in sound; sound change
turn (melodic ornament); gruppetto
velar; velar consonant
root (of a chord)
Tonmalerei (musical imagery); sound film
aeolian sound; eolian sound; aeolian tone
contamination noise; noise from contamination
flaw noise (in bearings)
trill (consonant sound)
contraction (in phonetics)
phonemic system; phoneme system
stridor; stridulous
medial (in phonics)
click consonant; click; click sound; suction stop
obstruent
uvular; uvular consonant
labiodental; labiodental consonant
sound shift (esp. in historical kana); new pronunciation
recording audio at home (as opposed to in a studio)
partial tone
strongly pronounced consonant (esp. in Korean); tenseness
aspirate; aspirated consonant
unaspirated sound
unreleased stop; applosive
Bopomofo; Zhuyin fuhao; Chinese transliteration system now used mainly in Taiwan
Bopomofo; Chinese transliteration system now used mainly in Taiwan
fundamental tone; fundamental note
popularly accepted "on" reading of a kanji (as opposed to those derived from Chinese)
scale degree
appoggiatura
Middle Chinese
Examples (77 in total)
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