also: しおん
Linguistic term for a speech sound produced with partial or complete closure of the vocal tract. Often contrasted with 母音 (vowel).
See also: 母音
Japanese consonants include 'ka', 'sa', 'ta', and so on.
子音と母音の違いを説明してください。
Please explain the difference between consonants and vowels.
母音 refers to vowel sounds, while 子音 refers to consonant sounds; the two together make up all speech sounds in phonetics.
consonantal
consonant cluster
final consonant
voiceless consonant
geminate consonant; long consonant
Standard kanji spelling; the reading しいん is the most common.
Alternate reading; less common than しいん.
From 子 (child, small element) and 音 (sound), a calque of the Western linguistic term 'consonant'. The reading しいん is the Sino-Japanese on'yomi; しおん is a less common variant.
voiceless consonant
syllabic consonant