顫せん動どう音おん

せ

ん

ど

う

お

ん

Meanings

1

noun

linguistics

Linguistics term for a consonant produced by rapid vibration of an articulator, such as the Spanish 'rr'.

shudder

動move, motion, change

音sound, noise

はじき音おん
A tap or flap, a single rapid contact, while a trill involves multiple vibrations.
摩ま擦さつ音おん
A fricative, produced by turbulent airflow, not by vibration.

Composed of 顫 (sen, 'tremble') + 動 (dō, 'move') + 音 (on, 'sound'), a Sino-Japanese compound used in phonetics.