noun
musical note; note symbol
Refers to the written symbol representing a musical sound, as used in sheet music.
この曲は音符が多くて読むのが大変だ。
This piece has so many notes that it's hard to read.
楽譜に音符を書き込む。
I write notes on the sheet music.
noun
phonetic symbol; kana or kanji doubling mark; vowel lengthening mark
In Japanese writing, refers to symbols that indicate pronunciation, such as the long vowel mark (ー), iteration marks (々, ゝ, ヽ), and other phonetic notations.
「あー」の「ー」は長音の音符です。
The 'ー' in 'あー' is a vowel-lengthening phonetic symbol.
「人々」の「々」は、同じ漢字を繰り返す音符の一種だ。
The '々' in '人々' is a kind of phonetic symbol that repeats the same kanji.
noun
phonetic component of a kanji
In kanji studies, the part of a character that primarily indicates its pronunciation, as opposed to the semantic component (意符). Often contrasted with 意符.
See also: 意符
「銅」の「同」は音符で、金属を表す「金」は意符です。
In '銅', '同' is the phonetic component, and '金', which represents metal, is the semantic component.
Compound of 音 (sound) and 符 (mark, symbol). The musical sense is the most common; the phonetic-symbol sense extends the idea of a 'sound mark' to writing systems.