ハ行転呼音

Japanese

Kanji in this term
行 転 呼 音
ぎょう
Grade: 2 		てん
Grade: 3 		こ
Grade: 6 		おん
Grade: 1
goon on'yomi kan'on goon
Alternative spelling
ハ行轉呼音 (kyūjitai)
Examples

Etymology

From ハ行 (ha-gyō, “ha-row”) +‎ 転呼音 (tenkoon, “historical sound shift”).

Noun

ハ行(ぎょう)転(てん)呼(こ)音(おん) • (ha-gyō tenkoon) 

  1. (linguistics) a historical consonantal shift of the Japanese language involving the kana は/ハ (ha), ひ/ヒ (hi), ふ/フ (fu), へ/ヘ (he), and ほ/ホ (ho)
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