音階

See also: 音阶

Chinese

		sound; noise; news	rank or step; stairs
trad. (音階)		音	階
simp. (音阶)		音	阶

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīnjiē

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣ ㄐㄧㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jam¹ gaai¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): im-kai

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīnjiē
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣ ㄐㄧㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yinjie
    • Wade–Giles: yin¹-chieh¹
    • Yale: yīn-jyē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: injie
    • Palladius: иньцзе (inʹcze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jam¹ gaai¹
    • Yale: yām gāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jam¹ gaai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yem¹ gai¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐm⁵⁵ kaːi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: im-kai
    • Tâi-lô: im-kai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: imkay
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /im⁴⁴⁻²² kai⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /im³³ kai³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /im⁴⁴⁻²² kai⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /im⁴⁴⁻³³ kai⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /im⁴⁴⁻³³ kai⁴⁴/

Noun

音階

1. (music) scale

Derived terms

• 五聲音階 / 五声音阶 (wǔshēng yīnjiē)
• 半音階 / 半音阶 (bànyīnjiē)
• 大調音階 / 大调音阶
• 大音階 / 大音阶 (dàyīnjiē)
• 小調音階 / 小调音阶
• 小音階 / 小音阶 (xiǎoyīnjiē)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
音	階
おん Grade: 1	かい Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

音(おん)階(かい) • (onkai) 

1. musical scale

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 五音音階: pentatonic scale
• 全音階: diatonic scale
• 半音階: chromatic scale
• 長音階: major scale
• 短音階: minor scale
• 旋律的短音階: melodic minor scale
• 和声的短音階: harmonic minor scale

References

• “音階”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025
• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
音	階

Noun

音階 • (eumgye) (hangeul 음계)

1. hanja form^? of 음계 (“musical scale”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
音	階

Noun

音階

1. chữ Hán form of âm giai (“musical scale”)