音
Meanings
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- 1.sound
- 2.noise
- 3.note (of musical scale)
- 4.tone
- 5.news
- 6.syllable
- 7.reading (phonetic value of a character)
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Wiktionary
- 1.sound; voice; tone
- 2.news; tidings
- 3.pitch; note (Classifier: 粒 c)
- 4.pronunciation; syllable
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Etymology
Ideogram (指事) – based on the structure of 言, with an additional short horizontal stroke inside the 口 (“mouth”), forming a shape similar to 甘. The Shuowen Jiezi describes the structure as 从言含一 ("from 言 containing 一"). The added stroke graphically seals the mouth, likely representing partially closed or muffled vocalization, in contrast with 言 (“articulate speech”). This is consistent with the *ʔəm word family, which clusters around meanings of covering and closure: compare homophones 瘖 (*ʔum) and 喑 (*ʔəmʔ, “mute”), and 韽 (*ʔˤəm, “faint, weak sound”). See also 言.
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
我不懂音樂。
I don't have an ear for music.
音樂我喜歡。
I like music.
我們喜歡音樂。
We like music.
我欣賞好音樂。
I appreciate good music.
他在演奏音樂。
He is playing music.
他正在聽音樂。
He was listening to music.
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
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