唐宋音

Japanese

Kanji in this term
唐	宋	音
とう Grade: S	そう Jinmeiyō	おん Grade: 1
on'yomi		goon

Etymology

From 唐(とう) (Tō, “Tang”) + 宋(そう) (Sō, “Song”) + 音(おん) (on, “Sino-Japanese reading of a kanji”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) とーそーおん [tòósóꜜòòǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [to̞ːso̞ːõ̞ɴ]

Noun

唐(とう)宋(そう)音(おん) • (tōsōon) ^{←たうそうおん (tausouon)?}

1. the pronunciation of Chinese characters used in the Tang and Song dynasties of China; mainly limited to Zen vocabulary
2. a category of 音読み (on'yomi, “Japanese approximation of the original Chinese pronunciation”), kanji pronunciation first brought to Japan by Zen monks during the Kamakura Period, corresponding to the late Song dynasty in China

   Hyponyms: 唐音 (tōon), 宋音 (sōon)

Related terms

• 宋(そう)音(おん) (sōon)
• 唐(とう)音(おん) (tōon)

See also

• 呉(ご)音(おん) (goon)
• 漢(かん)音(おん) (kan'on)