King's Kung-Fu& Tai Chi

音 — kanji meaning “sound”

sound, noise

Meanings
sound, noise
On'yomi
Kun'yomi
Name readings
Strokes
9
School grade
1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 3
Newspaper frequency
#491 of 2,500
Classical radical
180
Chinese reading
yīn — Chinese character page

Words with 音

WordReadingMeaning
おんがく ongakumusic
おんせい onseivoice; speech
ろくおん rokuon(audio) recording
ほんね honnereal intention; motive; true opinion
そうおん souonnoise; din
はつおん hatsuonpronunciation
おんきょう onkyousound; noise; audio
ねいろ neirotone color; tone colour; tone quality
おんりょう onryouvolume (sound)
ていおん teionlow tone; bass; low voice
あしおと ashioto(sound of) footsteps
ざつおん zatsuonnoise (usu. unpleasant)

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