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).
Tō-on are character readings based on Chinese pronunciations from the Song dynasty onward.
唐音
Usage100%Usage for this spelling across all readings, not one reading alone.
とうおん
Standard kanji form for this linguistic term.
とういん
Alternate reading; とうおん is more common.
とういん
Etymology
唐音 names a category of Sino-Japanese readings introduced chiefly from Song China onward. Here 唐 is used in the broad historical sense of China, not as a precise reference to the Tang dynasty.
