Word Meaning 拗音

ようおん youon

拗音 is read as ようおん (youon) and means contracted sound.

Meaning

English

  1. contracted sound
  2. palatalised sound (e.g. Japanese morae with small kana)
  3. palatalized sound

Reading

Kana

ようおん

Romaji

youon

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 1級 Rank 152328 Priority X

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

開拗音

かいようおん

contracted sound

高音

こうおん

high-pitched tone

母音

ぼいん

vowel

本音

ほんね

real intention

録音

ろくおん

(audio) recording

騒音

そうおん

noise

おと

Chinese-derived character reading

おん

Chinese-derived character reading

Chinese-derived character reading

防音

ぼうおん

soundproofing

異口同音

いくどうおん

(saying) with one voice

発音

はつおん

production of sound