閉塞音

Japanese

Kanji in this term
閉	塞	音
へい Grade: 6	そく Grade: S	おん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 閉塞(へいそく) (heisoku, “blockade”) + 音(おん) (on, “sound”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) へーそくおん [hèésókúꜜòǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])^[1]^[2]
(Tokyo) へーそくおん [hèésóꜜkùòǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [he̞ːso̞kɯ̟õ̞ɴ]

Noun

閉(へい)塞(そく)音(おん) • (heisokuon)

(phonetics) an obstruent

Synonyms

閉(へい)鎖(さ)音(おん) (heisaon)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN