Japanese symbol for “phone”
音声
おんせい
Romaji: onsei
voice; speech
In Japanese, phone is 音声, read おんせい (onsei).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Meanings
- n voice; speech
- n phone (as opposed to a phoneme); speech sound (ling)
- n audio; sound (as opposed to the picture) (audvid)
- n sound recordist; audio engineer (in film, broadcasting, etc.) (audvid)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “phone”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 電話 | でんわ denwa | telephone (device); phone |
| フォーン | フォーン foon | phone; telephone |
| 単音 | たんおん tan'on | single sound; monosyllable; phone |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 音楽 | おんがく ongaku | music |
| 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 |
| 声明 | せいめい seimei | declaration; statement; proclamation |
| 歌声 | うたごえ utagoe | singing voice; (sound of) singing |
| 名声 | めいせい meisei | fame; reputation; renown |
See also: Chinese symbol for “phone”.
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.