Word Meaning 音階

おんかい onkai

音階 is read as おんかい (onkai) and means scale.

Meaning

English

  1. scale

Reading

Kana

おんかい

Romaji

onkai

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 9514 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

長音階

ちょうおんかい

major scale

五音音階

ごおんおんかい

pentatonic scale

全音階

ぜんおんかい

diatonic scale

全音音階

ぜんおんおんかい

whole-tone scale

七音音階

しちおんおんかい

heptatonic scale

自然的短音階

しぜんてきたんおんかい

natural minor scale

半音階

はんおんかい

chromatic scale

和声的短音階

わせいてきたんおんかい

harmonic minor scale

自然短音階

しぜんたんおんかい

natural minor scale

短音階

たんおんかい

minor scale

陽音階

ようおんかい

anhemitonic pentatonic scale (pentatonic scale containing no semitones)

律音階

りつおんかい

ritsu scale (anhemitonic pentatonic scale primarily used in gagaku: re, mi, so, la, ti)

Example Sentences

1

In my language, the musical notes are c, d, e, f, g, a, and b.