“Sound” or “Noise” in Japanese kanji, and the Stroke Order and Meanings of Kanji “音”
Japanese Jouyou-kanji “音” means “Sound”, “Tone” or “Note” etc.
Jouyou Kanji “音”
Jouyou Kanji “音” Stroke Order
| Stroke # | 9 Strokes |
|---|---|
| On-Yomi | おん(on) |
| いん(in) | |
| Kun-Yomi | おと(oto) |
| ね(ne) | |
| たよ(り)(tayo(ri)) | |
| Meanings | Sound |
| Music, Melody, Song | |
| News, Letter |
Kanji words which contain Kanji “音”, and their meanings
| Words | Meanings |
|---|---|
| 音信(いんしん or おんしん-i n shi n (or) o n shi n) | Letter, Message, Communication, Correspondence |
| 音物(いんもつ-i n mo tsu) | Present, Bribe, Offering |
| 音沙汰(おとさた-o to sa ta) | News, Tidings, Letter |
| 音に聞く(おとにきく-o to ni ki ku) | To be widely known, To be famous |
| 音域(おんいき-o n i ki) | Upper and lower sound range, Tonal Range |
| 音韻(おんいん-o n i n) | Vocal sound, Tone (quality), Timbre, Phoneme |
| 音階(おんかい-o n ka i) | Musical scale, Scale, Phone order |
| 音楽(おんがく-o n ga ku) | Music, Musical art |
| 音感(おんかん-o n ka n) | Sense of sound, Acoustic sensitivity, Sense of pitch |
| 音義(おんぎ-o n gi) | Kanji reading and meaning |
| 音響(おんきょう-o n kyo u) | Sound, Acoustic |
| 音曲(おんきょく-o n kyo ku) | Music |
| 音曲(おんぎょく-o n gyo ku) | Song accompanied by shamisen (or koto) music |
| 音訓(おんくん-o n ku n) | Kanji readings, Kanji character sounds and meanings |
| 音叉(おんさ-o n sa) | Tuning fork |
| 音字(おんじ-o n ji) | Syllabary, Phonetic symbol |
| 音質(おんしつ-o n shi tsu) | Tone quality, Sound quality, Acoustic quality |
| 音信(おんしん-o n shi n) | Correspondence, Letter |
| 音数律(おんすうりつ-o n su u ri tsu) | Syllabic meter (poetry) |
| 音声(おんせい-o n se i) | Voice, Speech, Sound of a voice |
| 音節(おんせつ-o n se tsu) | Syllable |
| 音節文字(おんせつもじ-on se tsu mo ji) | Syllabic character |
| 音速(おんそく-o n so ku) | Velocity of sound, Sound velocity, Sound speed, Speed of sound |
| 音痴(おんち-o n chi) | ① Tone deafness, Amusia, Having no ear for music, ② Having no sense of (e.g. direction), Being hopeless when it comes to (e.g. computers) |
| 音調(おんちょう-o n cho u) | Tune, Tone, Intonation, Melody, Rhythm, Harmony |
| 音程(おんてい-o n te i) | Tone interval, Musical interval |
| 音吐(おんと-o n to) | Vox, Phonation, Vocalisation, Vocalism, Voice, Vocalization |
| 音頭(おんど-o n do) | ① Lead (in a cheer, toast, song etc), (Someone’s) lead, ② Folk song and dance performed by a group |
| 音読(おんどく-o n do ku) | ① Reading aloud, ② Reading (a kanji) by its Chinese-derived pronunciation |
| 音波(おんぱ-o n pa) | Acoustic wave, Sound wave, Sonic wave |
| 音引き(おんびき-o n bi ki) | ① Looking up a word or kanji by its reading (rather than by its radical or stroke count), ② Katakana-hiragana prolonged sound mark |
| 音標文字(おんぴょうもじ-o n pyo u mo ji) | Phonetic symbols, Phonetic alphabet, Sound alphabet |
| 音便(おんびん-o n bi n) | Euphonic change (in the pronunciation of a Japanese word) |
| 音符(おんぷ-o n pu) | Musical note, Note symbol |
| 音問(おんもん-o n mo n) | Letter, News |
| 音訳(おんやく-o n ya ku) | ① Transliteration, ② Phonetic representation of a foreign word using Chinese characters |
| 音容(おんよう-o n yo u) | Visage, Voice and countenance |
| 音律(おんりつ-o n ti tsu) | Rhythm, Musical temperament |
| 音量(おんりょう-o n ryo u) | Volume, Volume of sound, Loudness, Sound volume, Magnitude of sound |
| 音色(ねいろ or おんしょく-ne i ro (or) o n sho ku) | Tone quality, Tone color, Timbre |
| 音を上げる(ねをあげる-ne wo a ge ru) | To give up, To admit defeat, To throw in the towel |
| 異口同音(いくどうおん-i ku do u o n) | Unanimously |
| 騒音(そうおん-so u o n) | Undesired sound, Sound noise, Noise |
| 促音(そくおん-so ku o n) | Geminate consonant, Double consonant |
| 濁音(だくおん-da ku o n) | Dullness, Sonant, Dulness, Dull sound |
| 撥音(はつおん-ha tsu o n) | Syllabic nasal |
| 福音(ふくいん-fu ku i n) | ① Good news, Glad tidings, Boon, ② Gospel (teachings or revelations of Christ) |
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