入声にっしょう

noun

entering tone (Chinese phonology)

Technical term in Chinese historical phonology referring to a tone category of syllables ending in a stop consonant (p, t, k). Used in discussions of Middle Chinese and its influence on Sino-Japanese readings.

• 入声にっしょうは中ちゅう古こ中ちゅう国ごく語ごの四し声せいの一ひとつで、内ない破は音おんで終おわる音おん節せつを指さす。

  The entering tone is one of the four tones of Middle Chinese, referring to syllables ending in a stop consonant.

• 日本にほん語ごの漢かん字じ音おんでは、入声にっしょうは「〜ツ」「〜チ」「〜フ」などの形かたちで残のこっている。

  In Sino-Japanese readings, the entering tone remains in forms such as -tsu, -chi, and -fu.