Japanese symbol for “audio”
音響
おんきょう
Romaji: onkyou
sound; noise; audio; acoustics
In Japanese, audio is 音響, read おんきょう (onkyou).
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Meanings
- n sound; noise; audio; acoustics; reverberation
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “audio”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 音声 | おんせい onsei | audio; sound (as opposed to the picture) |
| オーディオ | オーディオ oodio | audio |
| 音源 | おんげん ongen | audio; audio file; recording |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 音楽 | おんがく ongaku | music |
| 音声 | おんせい onsei | voice; speech |
| 録音 | ろくおん rokuon | (audio) recording |
| 本音 | ほんね honne | real intention; motive; true opinion |
| 騒音 | そうおん souon | noise; din |
| 発音 | はつおん hatsuon | pronunciation |
| 影響 | えいきょう eikyou | influence; effect; impact |
| 反響 | はんきょう hankyou | echo; reverberation |
See also: Chinese symbol for “audio”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.