Sound

by Nao

oto, on, ne, in

A sound is oto.

There are two ways of reading kanji. One is on’yomi, the other is kun’yomi. The on of on’yomi is today’s character. If you read a kanji in on’yomi, it means that you read it in the Chinese-derived pronunciation. On the other hand, kun’yomi readings are native Japanese words. After kanji was imported, each kun’yomi reading was applied to a kanji character that had an equivalent meaning.

Music is ongaku.

A high tone is kōon and a low tone is teion. Kō means high and tei means low.

Pronunciation is hatsuon. Hatsu means to produce or to let out.

Hiragana is sometimes called go jūon because there are 50 letters. Strictly to say, there are 47.

Noise is zatsuon. Zatsu means rough. A louder noise is sōon. Sō means to make a fuss or to uproar. Recording music, sound, or a speech is rokuon. Roku means to record. Bōon is sound insulation or soundproofing. Bō means to protect.

Neiro means a tonal quality or tone color.

In some compounds, we read this character in. A vowel sound is boin. A consonant is shiin. Bo means mother and shi means child.

Guan Yin is called kannon in Japanese. In this word, today’s character is exceptionally read non.

1. Draw the dot on the top.
2. Draw the horizontal line touching the dot.
3. Draw the dot on the left between the horizontal lines.
4. Draw the dot on the right between the horizontal lines.
5. Draw the longer horizontal line in the middle.
6. Draw the left side of the rectangle.
7. Draw the right-angled hook shape, that is, the upper and right sides of the rectangle. Make a nice shoulder while changing the direction of the brush.
8. Draw the horizontal stroke in the rectangle.
9. Draw the horizontal stroke at the bottom.