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付点音符 (futenonpu) Japanese meaning: dotted note | Kotomora

付ふ点てん音おん符ぷ

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ぷ

Meanings

1

dotted note

A musical note with a dot after it, increasing its duration by half. Used in music notation contexts.

付ふ点てん音おん符ぷの長ながさは、元もとの音おん符

ぷ

の

1.5

倍ばい

です

。

The length of a dotted note is 1.5 times the original note.

Kanji

付adhere, attach, refer to
点spot, point, mark
音sound, noise
符token, sign, mark

Built from

付ふ点てん+音おん符ぷ

Etymology

Compound of 付点 (futen, 'dot') + 音符 (onpu, 'musical note'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is a straightforward description of the notation.