Japanese symbol for “medial”
介音
かいおん
Romaji: kaion
medial; final-head (glide before the center vowel in Chinese)
In Japanese, medial is 介音, read かいおん (kaion).
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Meanings
- n medial; final-head (glide before the center vowel in Chinese)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “medial”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 語中音 | ごちゅうおん gochuuon | medial (in phonics) |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 紹介 | しょうかい shoukai | introduction; presentation; referral |
| 仲介 | ちゅうかい chuukai | agency; intermediation |
| 介護 | かいご kaigo | nursing; care; caregiving |
| 厄介 | やっかい yakkai | trouble; burden; nuisance |
| 介入 | かいにゅう kainyuu | intervention |
| 媒介 | ばいかい baikai | mediation; agency; serving as a medium |
| 音楽 | おんがく ongaku | music |
| 音声 | おんせい onsei | voice; speech |
See also: Chinese symbol for “medial”.
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.