Word Meaning 音色

ねいろ neiro

音色 is read as ねいろ (neiro) and means tone color.

Meaning

English

  1. tone color
  2. tone colour
  3. tone quality
  4. timbre

Reading

Kana

ねいろ

Romaji

neiro

Writing Variants

  • 音いろ ねいろ neiro
  • 音色 おんしょく onshoku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Synonyms 音質 Related Words ,音声,サウンド,響き,音響,音波,楽音 Rank 465 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

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音色等化器

おんしょくとうかき

audio equalizer

音楽

おんがく

music

おと

Chinese-derived character reading

おん

Chinese-derived character reading

Chinese-derived character reading

音楽家

おんがくか

musician

音読

おんどく

reading (a kanji) by its Chinese-derived pronunciation

音読み

おんよみ

on reading

音質

おんしつ

tone quality

金色

きんいろ

gold (colour, color)

赤色

せきしょく

communism

青色

あおいろ

blue

Example Sentences

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I love the sound of wind chimes.

The sound of the violin is very sweet.

I can hear a saxophone somewhere.

There are four types of sounds on the Japanese hand drum: Po, Pu, Ta, Chi. Po and Pu have very similar tones, but are subtly different.