Japanese

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) おんどく [òńdókú] (Heiban - [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [õ̞ndo̞kɯᵝ]

Noun

音読 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 音讀, hiragana おんどく, romaji ondoku)

1. reading aloud
2. the reading of a Japanese word written in kanji that is roughly based on the pronunciation of the kanji characters in the originating Chinese dialect at the time the word was introduced into Japanese

Antonyms

• (read aloud): 黙読 (もくどく, ​mokudoku)

Verb

音読する ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 音讀, transitive, hiragana おんどくする, romaji ondoku suru)

1. to read aloud
2. to read a Japanese word written in kanji using the pronunciation based on the original Chinese pronunciation

Conjugation

Antonyms

• (read aloud): 黙読 (もくどく, ​mokudoku)

Etymology 2

Compound of 音 ‎(on, “sound”) +‎ 読み ‎(yomi, “reading”). Originally referred to the sounds (i.e. pronunciations) to use when reading Chinese text, as opposed to the meanings of these Chinese words in Japanese (called 訓読み ‎(kun'yomi) or 訓読 ‎(kundoku)).

Rare alternate for 音読み, leaving the okurigana み implied.

Pronunciation

• Jūbakoyomi
• (Tokyo) おんよみ [òń'yómí] (Heiban - [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [õ̞ɴ.jo̞mi]

Noun

音読 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 音讀, hiragana おんよみ, romaji on'yomi)

1. Alternative spelling of 音読み: the reading of a Japanese word written in kanji that is roughly based on the pronunciation of the kanji characters in the originating Chinese dialect at the time the word was introduced into Japanese

Verb

音読する ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 音讀, hiragana おんよみする, romaji on'yomi suru)

1. Alternative spelling of 音読み: to read a Japanese word written in kanji with the pronunciation that is roughly based on the pronunciation of the kanji characters in the originating Chinese dialect at the time the word was introduced into Japanese

Conjugation

References

1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

Vietnamese

Han character

音読

Noun

音読 (quoc ngu: âm đọc)

1. phonetic reading