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漢音 (かんおん, kanon) Japanese meaning: kan-on | Kotomora
Freq. Frequency Top 100,000 じ 字
Related words 呉ご 音おん Go-on is an earlier Sino-Japanese reading, often associated with Buddhist terms and older vocabulary, while kan-on reflects later Tang-era borrowings and is more common in formal or technical compounds.
唐とう 音おん Tō-on refers to later borrowings from Song, Ming, and Qing dynasty Chinese, used in a smaller set of words, often Zen or trade terms, whereas kan-on is specifically from the Tang period.
Etymology From 漢 (kan, 'Han'; here referring to China) + 音 (on, 'sound'), referring to the Chinese-derived reading of characters. The term itself is a Sino-Japanese compound.
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The kan-on of 行 is こう, and the go-on is ぎょう.
Kan-on is based on the pronunciation of Chang'an during the Tang dynasty.
