音声器官

Japanese

Kanji in this term
音	声	器	官
おん Grade: 1	せい Grade: 2	き Grade: 4	かん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
音聲器官 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 音(おん)声(せい) (onsei, “speech sound, voice”) + 器(き)官(かん) (kikan, “organ”)。

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おんせーき​かん [òńséé kíꜜkàǹ] (Nakadaka – [5])
• (Tokyo) おんせーきか​ん [òńséé kíkáꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [6])
• IPA^(key): [õ̞ɰ̃se̞ː kʲikã̠ɴ]

Noun

音(おん)声(せい)器(き)官(かん) • (onsei kikan) ^{←おんせいきくわん (onsei kikwan)?}

1. (linguistics) speech organ

Synonyms

• 発(はつ)音(おん)器(き)官(かん) (hatsuon kikan)

References

• Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN