おん
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. sound; noise; report
2. note
3. Chinese-derived character reading
when read as "おん"
Pitch accent
Top 19300
Used in vocabulary (211 in total)
chord; "on" reading of a kanji
go-on; Wu reading; on reading of a kanji based on 5th and 6th century Chinese
imitative sound (in film, theatre, etc.); sound effect
syllabary; phonetic symbol
tone-deafness; amusia; tone-deaf; off-key; having no sense (of something); being hopeless (when it comes to something)
signal (sound); starting gun signal
Japanese pronunciation of a kanji (based on adopted Chinese pronunciations)
tuning fork
(audio) recording
pleasant sound; crack (of a baseball bat); roar (of a motor)
noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio); static; gossip; irresponsible criticism
mediant; baritone; contralto; medium tone; medium pitch
(sound of an) explosion or detonation; roar (of a machine)
accent; stress
dialectal pronunciation
exquisite voice; exquisite music
kan-on; Han reading; on reading of a kanji based on Tang dynasty Chinese
metallic sound; metallic clank
silence
allophone; strange noise
single-kana sound
pronunciation; production of sound
speed of sound
stammering; stuttering; dysphemia
tone quality; sound quality
sound collection
warning sound
liquid sound
singing range; register
the Emperor's voice; beautiful voice; beautiful sound
overtone; harmonic
homophony; same pronunciation; unison; same pitch; (in) one voice; (speaking in) unison
singing, dancing and music; (public) entertainment; performing arts
fundamental tone
rale; rales
tō-on; Tang reading; on reading of a kanji based on Song dynasty and later Chinese
combination tone (psychoacoustic phenomenon); difference tone
thunderous roar; roaring sound
sound of an explosion
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
low noise (of a machine, appliance, etc.); silent (device)
electronic sound
volume (sound)
(sound of one's) heartbeat
sound effect
a sweet voice
plosive sound
soft sound; dampening (of sound)
ringtone (of mobile phones, portable phones, cellphones, etc.)
low tone; bass; low voice
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
sad voices; sad sounds
ringtone; ring tone; ringback tone; ringing tone
sharp (musical note)
correspondence; news; letter; tidings
metre; rhythm; musical temperament
rhythm game (video game genre); music game
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
phonetic table (esp. that of Japanese)
consonant
semitone; half-tone
rapping sound (and other sounds when associated with poltergeists)
pitch (of a sound)
sound pressure; acoustic pressure
the Japanese syllabary
synthetic sound
single sound; monosyllable; phone; monotone (harmonica, etc.)
on reading; on'yomi; Chinese-derived reading of a kanji
dampening (sound); diminishing (chord, interval)
long sound
voiceless sound
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
phoneme
hold music; music on hold; hold tone
articulation
phonograph record; gramophone record
short sound
report of a death
rale; rales
sound of sutra chanting
roar of a cannon
kanji readings
dental; dental consonant; dental sound
(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
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
phonetic representation
compound note (on a harmonica)
outdoor concert hall; band shell; bandstand
euphonic change of pronunciation; elision
sound field
sound field
correct Chinese (on) pronunciation of a character
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
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
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
Kan'onji Station
Examples (77 in total)
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