玉音

Chinese

		jade	sound; noise; news
simp. and trad. (玉音)		玉	音

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yùyīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶ jam¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gio̍k-im

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yùyīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yùyin
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴-yin¹
    • Yale: yù-yīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuhin
    • Palladius: юйинь (jujinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹ in⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: juk⁶ jam¹
    • Yale: yuhk yām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹ jam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶ yem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚² jɐm⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gio̍k-im
    • Tâi-lô: gio̍k-im
    • Phofsit Daibuun: giog'ym
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ɡiɔk̚⁴⁻³² im⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: ngjowk 'im

Rime
Character	玉	音
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	鍾 (8)	侵 (140)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	魚欲切	於金切
Baxter	ngjowk	'im
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɨok̚/	/ʔˠiɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋiok̚/	/ʔᵚim/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiok̚/	/ʔiem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋuawk̚/	/ʔjim/
Li Rong	/ŋiok̚/	/ʔjəm/
Wang Li	/ŋĭwok̚/	/ĭĕm/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋi̯wok̚/	/ʔi̯əm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yù	yīn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	juk6	jam1

Noun

玉音

1. (literary) beautiful sound; wonderful voice
2. (honorific) "your beautiful words" (to refer to a received message)
3. (historical) speech of the emperor

Related terms

• 玉照 (yùzhào, “your photo”)
• 佳音 (jiāyīn, “good news”)
• 音信 (yīnxìn, “message”)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
玉	音
ぎょく Grade: 1	おん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぎょくおん [gyòkúóń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɡʲo̞kɯ̟ᵝõ̞ɴ]

Noun

玉(ぎょく)音(おん) • (gyokuon) ^{←ぎよくおん (gyokuon)?}

1. (honorific) voice of the emperor

   玉音(ぎょくおん)放送(ほうそう)

   Gyokuon Hōsō

   Hirohito surrender broadcast, sometimes literally translated as the "Jewel Voice Broadcast", the 1945 broadcast of the Emperor of Japan's speech on the Empire of Japan's surrender

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
玉	音
ぎょく Grade: 1	いん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぎょくいん [gyòkúíń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɡʲo̞kɯ̟ᵝĩɴ]

Noun

玉(ぎょく)音(いん) • (gyokuin) ^{←ぎよくいん (gyokuin)?}

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