Word Meaning 音符

おんぷ ompu

音符 is read as おんぷ (ompu) and means part of a kanji for which the role is primarily to represent the pronunciation (as opposed to the meaning).

Meaning

English

  1. part of a kanji for which the role is primarily to represent the pronunciation (as opposed to the meaning)
  2. phonetic symbol (incl. the kanji and kana-doubling symbols, vowel-lengthening symbol, etc.)
  3. musical note
  4. note symbol

Reading

Kana

おんぷ

Romaji

ompu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 14857 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

音声符号化

おんせいふごうか

voice encoding

六十四分音符

ろくじゅうしぶおんぷ

64th note

八分音符

はちぶおんぷ

8th note

三十二分音符

さんじゅうにぶおんぷ

32nd note

十六分音符

じゅうろくぶおんぷ

sixteenth note

二分音符

にぶおんぷ

half note

三連音符

さんれんおんぷ

triplet

四分音符

しぶおんぷ

quarter note

付点音符

ふてんおんぷ

dotted note

長音符

ちょうおんぷ

long note

連音符

れんおんぷ

tuplet (e.g. triplet)

全音符

ぜんおんぷ

whole note

Example Sentences

1

がくふのこのおんぷはすこしながくのばします。

This note in the score is held a little longer.