Word Meaning 促音

そくおん sokuon

促音 is read as そくおん (sokuon) and means geminate consonant (small "tsu" in Japanese).

Meaning

English

geminate consonant (small "tsu" in Japanese)

Reading

Kana

そくおん

Romaji

sokuon

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 96651 Priority P

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

促音便

そくおんびん

nasal sound change (generation of geminate consonant, primarily a geminate 't' from vowel stems ending in 'i')

促進

そくしん

promotion

促す

うながす

to stimulate (e.g. growth)

促成

そくせい

promotion of growth

促進率

そくしんりつ

acceleration ratio

促進剤

そくしんざい

accelerant

促迫

そくはく

growing urgent

騒音

そうおん

noise

異口同音

いくどうおん

(saying) with one voice

基本音

きほんおん

fundamental tone

音節主音的子音

おんせつしゅおんてきしいん

syllabic consonant

異名同音

いめいどうおん

enharmonic

Example Sentences

拗音（ゃ　ゅ　ょ）と促音（っ）の出し方も、加えていただけると参考になるかもしれません。

I think it might be useful if you could add how to output the diphthongs (with small ya/yu/yo) and geminate consonants (with small tsu).