唐とう音おん

noun

tō-on; Tang reading; Sino-Japanese reading based on Song or later Chinese

Linguistic term for a category of on'yomi (Sino-Japanese readings) derived from Chinese pronunciations of the Song dynasty and later, as opposed to go-on (呉音) and kan-on (漢音).

See also: 呉音 (ごおん) · 漢音 (かんおん) · 唐 (とう)

• 「行あん灯どん」の「行こう」の唐とう音おんは「あん」です。

  The tō-on reading of 行 in 行灯 is 'an'.

• 唐とう音おんは宋そう以い降こうの中ちゅう国ごく語ご音おんに基もとづく字じ音おんです。

  Tō-on are character readings based on Chinese pronunciations from the Song dynasty onward.