Kanji
Readingおん
Frequency38%
Used in (633 in total)
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)
vocal sound; tone of voice
thunderous roar; roaring sound
sound of an explosion
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
(sound of an) explosion or detonation; roar (of a machine)
(audio) recording
pronunciation; production of sound
metallic sound; metallic clank
noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio); static; gossip; irresponsible criticism
low noise (of a machine, appliance, etc.); silent (device)
electronic sound
volume (sound)
sound; noise; acoustics; reverberation; echo; audio
(sound of one's) heartbeat
speed of sound
a sweet voice
soundproofing
soft sound; dampening (of sound)
very loud volume; megavolume
chord; "on" reading of a kanji
ringtone (of mobile phones, portable phones, cellphones, etc.)
low tone; bass; low voice
imitative sound (in film, theatre, etc.); sound effect
ultrasonic waves; ultrasound
allophone; strange noise
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
notification sound
sound wave
musical note; note symbol; phonetic symbol (incl. the kanji and kana-doubling symbols, vowel-lengthening symbol, etc.); part of a kanji for which the role is primarily to represent the pronunciation (as opposed to the meaning)
(person with) no sense of direction; poor sense of locality
very low frequency sound; heavy bass sound; low-register sound
sound source; sound generator; tone generator
discord; dissonance; cacophony; discord (in a relationship); disagreement; disharmony
lead (in a cheer, toast, song, etc.); (someone's) lead; folk song and dance performed by a group; leader of a group of wind instruments (in gagaku)
high-pitched tone; soprano
tone-deafness; amusia; tone-deaf; off-key; having no sense (of something); being hopeless (when it comes to something)
loud sound; loud reverberation
break in contact; not hearing from; having no communication with
a sound; one sound
interval; step; pitch; key
college of music
(saying) with one voice; unanimously; in chorus; in unison; as one
arrival chime (of an elevator, train, etc.)
reading aloud; reading a kanji by its Chinese-derived pronunciation
sound of operation; operation noise; running noise
exhaust sound; exhaust note
unvoiced consonant (except p) in Japanese
synthesized voice; synthesized speech
tuning fork
light music; popular music
to take the lead (of a group of people); to lead (a toast, cheer, etc.); to sing the leading notes of a song after which others join in
gramophone; phonograph
correspondence; news; letter; tidings
having slow reflexes; being nonathletic; person who is not athletic
silencing (e.g. machine); muffling; muting (e.g. TV)
pleasant sound; crack (of a baseball bat); roar (of a motor)
stammering; stuttering; dysphemia
singing range; register
conservatory; conservatoire; music academy; music school; college of music
sad voices; sad sounds
metre; rhythm; musical temperament
music school; music academy; conservatory
songs with samisen accompaniment; musical performance
tone quality; sound quality
rhythm game (video game genre); music game
soundproofing; sound insulation
sound collection
the Emperor's voice; beautiful voice; beautiful sound
ringtone; ring tone; ringback tone; ringing tone
absolute pitch; perfect pitch
sound of something falling
second (supplementary) sound channel
fricative; fricative consonant
tune; tone; intonation; melody; rhythm; harmony
sense of sound; sense of pitch
daily life noise; household noises; noise that arises at home from everyday occurrences
vocal sound; phoneme
place where music lessons are given; music class; music school
mechanical ineptitude; being hopeless with machines
voiced consonant in Japanese
homophony; same pronunciation; unison; same pitch; (in) one voice; (speaking in) unison
sound recorder; tape recorder
to be off-pitch; to be off-key; to be out of tune
standard gojūon syllabary order (aiueo, etc.)
voice recognition; speech recognition
semitone; half-tone
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion
the world of music; the music world
unsophisticated palate; inability to discern good and bad flavours
rapping sound (and other sounds when associated with poltergeists)
the Japanese syllabary
pitch (of a sound)
highly directional microphone
sound pressure; acoustic pressure
consonant
spoken instructions (over the phone, etc.); voice assist; spoken directions
music industry; music business
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion
audio tape; magnetic tape
single sound; monosyllable; phone; monotone (harmonica, etc.)
(car) muffler; (piano) damper pedal; (gun) silencer
radio broadcast announcing acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration and the end of the war (recording of Hirohito; broadcast August 15, 1945)
overtone; harmonic
dominant (note)
on reading; on'yomi; Chinese-derived reading of a kanji
noise barrier; soundproof wall; soundwall; sound barrier
singing, dancing and music; (public) entertainment; performing arts
onomatopoeic word
dampening (sound); diminishing (chord, interval)
voice guidance; voice guide; audio guide; spoken instructions
sound absorption
sound of waves
college of music; school of music; music college
music theory; musical theory
voiceless sound
Japanese pronunciation of a kanji (based on adopted Chinese pronunciations)
mediant; baritone; contralto; medium tone; medium pitch
quietness; low noise
taking the lead; leadership; leader; chorus leader
G clef; treble clef
exquisite voice; exquisite music
voice guidance; voice guide; audio guide; spoken instructions
sound effects; acoustics
program music; programme music
having no sense of taste
outdoor concert hall; band shell; bandstand
musical note
double-stopping (string instr.); double-stop; multiphonics (e.g. wind instr.)
sound of a word; sounds of speech; phoneme
music director; musical director
pentatonic scale
8th note; eighth note; quaver
number of syllabic sounds in a language
speech output; voice output; audio output
Japanese music (esp. traditional Japanese music)
treble; high singing voice
phonetic symbol; phonogram; phonetic script
hold music; music on hold; hold tone
supersonic airliner (i.e. the Concorde)
audio system; audio equipment
music; notes; notation
phonograph record; gramophone record
contracted sound; palatalised sound (e.g. Japanese morae with small kana); palatalized sound
kan-on; Han reading; on reading of a kanji based on Tang dynasty Chinese
modern music; contemporary music
short sound
quarter note; crotchet
electric gramophone; record player
damper; mute (on musical instruments)
geminate consonant (small "tsu" in Japanese)
sound of sutra chanting
nasal voice; nasal stop; nasal occlusive; nasal
roar of a cannon
noise; cacophony
listening instrument; sound detector; sound locator; acoustic locator; hydrophone
fundamental tone
kanji readings
(study of) acoustics
record; sound-recording
dental; dental consonant; dental sound
(alveolar) flap
soundproofing (device)
sibilant; sibilant consonant
speech synthesis; voice synthesis
whole note; semibreve
Latin-American music
transliteration; phonetic representation of a foreign word using Chinese characters; reading aloud (for people with impaired vision)
transliteration; transcription
euphony; euphonic change
report of a death
sandhi; liaison; trill
consonant p in Japanese
rale; rales
sound of the sea; sound of the waves; sound of massed chanting of sutras, etc.
note name; pitch name; letter notation
tonic; keynote
homonymy; (two words) having the same pronunciation but bearing different meanings
go-on; Wu reading; on reading of a kanji based on 5th and 6th century Chinese
sound-producing organ (esp. of land-dwelling vertebrates and insects)
the sound of the kana "n"
sound pattern; figure
rhythm game (video game genre); music game
broken chord; arpeggio
lingual sound
acoustic material; acoustic absorbent material
stuttering; stammering; dysphemia
phonetic representation
looking up a word or kanji by its reading (rather than by its radical or stroke count); katakana-hiragana prolonged sound mark
tremolo; trill; vibratory sound; warble tone
fundamental tone; fundamental note
long-vowel mark; macron; long note
parabolic reflector
phonetic value; note value; time value
compound note (on a harmonica)
voiced nasal sound; nasal sonant
signal (sound); starting gun signal
outdoor concert hall; band shell; bandstand
tō-on; Tang reading; on reading of a kanji based on Song dynasty and later Chinese
euphonic change of pronunciation; elision
mixing board (console, desk); (audio) mixer
noise barrier; soundproof wall; soundwall; sound barrier
accent; stress
correct Chinese (on) pronunciation of a character
online music distribution
homophone; word with the same pronunciation and similar meaning as another but a different written form
kanji reading and meaning
(recorded) man-on-the-street interview
similar sound
syllabary; phonetic symbol
simultaneous recording; synchronous recording
oral consonant
stereo image (audio)
supersonic aircraft; supersonic plane
F clef; bass clef
stop; stop consonant; occlusive
sounder (e.g. for a telegraph)
Ekadasamukha (eleven-faced Avalokitesvara)
relative pitch; relative hearing
rale; rales; crackles; abnormal rattling sound in the lungs
major chord; major triad
acoustic engineering; acoustical engineering
traditional ballad sung wearing hanagasa (esp. Yamagata Pref.)
articulatory organ (i.e. the tongue, teeth, lips, etc.)
car horn; alarm
recording room; recording studio
tone poem
Japanese pronunciation of a kanji (based on adopted Chinese pronunciations)
infra-sound; infrasound; low frequency sound
recording audio without consent; secret recording
Okinawan scale (hemitonic pentatonic scale: do, mi, fa, so, ti)
nasal sound change (generation of geminate consonant, primarily a geminate 't' from vowel stems ending in 'i')
ko-on; ancient reading; reading of a kanji based on Zhou, Han and Wei dynasty Chinese
single-kana sound
voice mail; voicemail
daily life noise; (excessive) noise that arises at home from everyday occurrences
subdominant (note)
acoustic training; auditory training
long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "a" and "u" sounds
gurgle; sound of peristaltic activity
multiplex broadcast or transmission
narrative style of Bon dance song from eastern Osaka (often with improvised lyrics)
kanji used to represent syllables, based on their "on" readings (prior to the advent of kana)
phonetics; phonology
damping; muffling; noise-reduction
sound-producing organ (i.e. speech organs of mammals, wings of insects)
visage; voice and countenance
heptatonic scale; seven note scale; heptachord
toilet device that plays a melody or flushing sound
the Japanese syllabary table
sound pressure level (usu. measured in decibel); SPL
acoustic signal; audible signal; audio signal
phonetic sign
Pythagorean temperament; Pythagorean tuning
euphonic change form
mimetic word (esp. in manga); onomatopoeic word
sō-on; Song reading; on reading of a kanji based on Song dynasty and later Chinese (esp. in words related to Zen Buddhism)
crepitus; crepitation
phonemics; phonology
nasal sound change (generation of the mora 'n', primarily from verb stems ending in 'i')
sharp (musical note)
phonetic table (esp. that of Japanese)
dialectal pronunciation
combination tone (psychoacoustic phenomenon); difference tone
acute (accent, etc.)
64th note; hemidemisemiquaver; semidemisemiquaver
unaspirated sound
reading in unison; saying the same thing
tone language; tonal language
aspirate; aspirated consonant
aspirate; aspirated consonant
the sound of one hand clapping (a classic Zen koan)
strength of the voice
medial (in phonics)
long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "o" and "u" or "e" and "u" sounds
(of Chinese) pronunciation of kanji with a medial between the initial consonant and center vowel; (of Japanese) the long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "o" and "u" or "e" and "u" sounds
vaginal flatulence; flatus vaginalis
scale degree
Japanese war tuba; pre-radar acoustic locator used by the Imperial Japanese Army
pronunciation of ha-column sounds in non-initial positions as wa-column sounds
fundamental tone; fundamental note
implosive consonant
turn (melodic ornament); gruppetto
(of Chinese) pronunciation of kanji without a medial between the initial consonant and center vowel; (of Japanese) the long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "a" and "u" sounds
popularly accepted "on" reading of a kanji (as opposed to those derived from Chinese)
recording audio at home (as opposed to in a studio)
musical accompaniment and sound effects (esp. in kabuki)
phonetic change; change in sound; shift in sound; sound change
phonetics; phonology
aeolian sound; eolian sound; aeolian tone
contamination noise; noise from contamination
flaw noise (in bearings)
trill (consonant sound)
stridor; stridulous
phonemic system; phoneme system
phonetic transcription; phonetic notation
place of articulation; region of articulation; point of articulation
vocalization; vocalisation
vowel stem verb; ichidan verb
Wu-dynasty reading of Chinese characters
depalatalization (e.g. dropping small kana in borrowing foreign words into Japanese); depalatalisation
phonetic symbol; phonogram
consonant
International Phonetic Alphabet; IPA
phonological component
International Phonetic Alphabet; IPA
writing palatalized sounds with a single kana character
click consonant; click; click sound; suction stop
kanji reading that has not been approved by the government (and is not to be taught in public schools)
unreleased stop; applosive
voice recognition; speech recognition
sound shift (esp. in historical kana); new pronunciation
audio equalizer circuit; sound equalizer circuit
(piano) damper
popularly accepted "on" reading of a kanji (as opposed to those derived from Chinese)
contraction (in phonetics)
Tonmalerei (musical imagery); sound film
quiet PC; personal computer that makes little to no noise
ultrasonication; sonication; ultrasonic treatment
megaphone; speaking tube; sound box
telephone time-warning sound
professor specializing in the readings of kanji in classic Confucianist texts
uvular; uvular consonant
audio equalizer; sound equalizer
syllabic meter (poetry)
root (of a chord)
tuplet (e.g. triplet)
labial sound
medial; final-head (glide before the center vowel in Chinese)
dorsal; dorsal consonant
augmented chord; augmented triad
retroflex; retroflex consonant; retroflex sound
speaker (stereo equipment, computer, etc.)
diminished chord; diminished triad
index listing kanji by their Chinese and Japanese pronunciations
using the Chinese-reading of kanji to represent native Japanese words (irrespective of the kanji's actual meaning)
noise-induced hearing loss; NIHL
English pronunciation
Hunmin-jongum; the Hankul (Hangul) alphabet (of Korea); the Onmun (Enmun)
similar-sounding words
euphonic change wherein some mora ('ku', 'gu', 'hi', 'bi' and 'mi') are pronounced 'u'
euphonic change wherein some mora ('ki', 'gi', 'shi' and 'ri') are pronounced 'i'
music therapy
tone generator module
strongly pronounced consonant (esp. in Korean); tenseness
International Phonetic Alphabet; IPA
Bopomofo; Chinese transliteration system now used mainly in Taiwan
transcription
sound-level meter; sound pressure meter
anhemitonic pentatonic scale (pentatonic scale containing no semitones)
jion kanazukai (historical kana style for kanji on-yomi)
appoggiatura
hemitonic pentatonic scale (pentatonic scale containing semitones)
affricative sound
foley artist; sound effects person
pseudonoise sequence; pn sequence
morphophonology; morphophonemics; morphonology
ritsu scale (anhemitonic pentatonic scale primarily used in gagaku: re, mi, so, la, ti)
miyako-bushi scale (characteristic Japanese hemitonic pentatonic scale: mi, fa, la, ti, do)
labiodental; labiodental consonant
mixing board (console, desk); (audio) mixer
coronal; coronal consonant
Vietnamese reading (of Chinese characters)
folk scale (anhemitonic pentatonic scale: mi, so, la, ti, re)
recording disc (of the Imperial surrender message)
phonological alternation; sound alternation; phonetic alternation
sound system (of a language); phonological system
maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound
alveolar consonant
Bopomofo; Zhuyin fuhao; Chinese transliteration system now used mainly in Taiwan
tōsō-on; Tang-Song reading; on reading of a kanji based on Song dynasty and later Chinese
ultrasonic microscope; acoustic microscope