しょう
Meanings
Noun
Buddhist
1. voice; sound
2. tone (of Chinese character); tone mark
also read せい
3. stress (in pronunciation); intonation; accent
Pitch accent
しょ
Used in vocabulary (5 in total)
loud voice; high-pitched voice
rising tone (in Chinese); (of a Japanese accent) having a high, flat tone
sabdavidya (ancient Indian linguistic and grammatical studies); chanting of Buddhist hymns (usu. in Sanskrit or Chinese)
tone mark; mark placed in one of the four corners of a Chinese character to indicate the tone
tone mark; mark placed in one of the four corners of a Chinese character to indicate the tone