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

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

Reading

Kana

ようおん

Romaji

youon

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

開拗音

かいようおん

contracted sound

音

おん

Chinese-derived character reading

高音

たかね

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

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

足音

あしおと

sense or sign that something is approaching

雑音

ざつおん

noise (usu. unpleasant)

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).