声門音

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
声	門	音
せい Grade: 2	もん Grade: 2	おん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
聲門音 (kyūjitai)

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Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せーもんおん [sèémóꜜǹ'òǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [se̞ːmõ̞ɰ̃õ̞ɴ]

Noun

声(せい)門(もん)音(おん) • (seimon'on)

(phonetics) glottal
guttural- or throaty-sounding speech

Synonyms

(guttural speech): 候音(こうおん) (kōon)

Derived terms

声門破裂音(せいもんはれつおん) (seimon haretsuon): glottal stop

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN