和わ音おん

noun

chord

Musical term for a combination of three or more notes sounded together.

• ギターで和わ音おんを弾ひく。

  I play chords on the guitar.

noun

customary on-reading

In Japanese kanji studies, a reading that became established through usage rather than being directly derived from Chinese. Contrasts with 呉音 and 漢音.

See also: 慣用音

• 「茶ちゃ」の「チャ」は和わ音おんの例れいです。

  The reading 'cha' for 茶 is an example of a customary on-reading.

noun

Wu reading

Archaic Heian-period term for the Wu reading of a kanji, as opposed to the Han reading. Now replaced by 呉音.

See also: 呉音 · 漢音

• 平へい安あん時じ代だいには、和わ音おんは呉ご音おんを指さす言こと葉ばとして使つかわれた。

  In the Heian period, 和音 was used to refer to the Wu reading.