also: にっせい
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.
The entering tone is one of the four tones of Middle Chinese, referring to syllables ending in a stop consonant.
In Sino-Japanese readings, the entering tone remains in forms such as -tsu, -chi, and -fu.
The rising tone, another of the four Middle Chinese tones.
The departing tone, another of the four Middle Chinese tones.
Standard kanji spelling for this linguistic term.
Alternate reading; less common than にっしょう.
From Middle Chinese 入聲 (nyip syeng, 'entering tone'). The reading にっしょう is the regular Sino-Japanese go-on reading; にっせい is a variant.