Chinese

Noun

母音

1. vowel

Synonyms

• 元音 (yuányīn)

Japanese

Etymology

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) ぼいん [bòíń] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [bo̞ĩɴ]
• Homophones: 拇印, 戊寅

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) ぼおん [bòóń] (Heiban - [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [bo̞õ̞ɴ]

Noun

母音 ‎(hiragana ぼいん, romaji boin, alternative reading ぼおん, romaji boon)

1. (phonetics, phonology) vowel

References

1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Noun

母音 • ‎(mo-eum) ‎(hangeul 모음)

1. Hanja form^? of 모음, “vowel”.