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有声音 (ゆうせいおん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun
voiced sound
linguistics
Linguistics term for a sound produced with vocal cord vibration, such as vowels or voiced consonants like /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/. Contrasts with 無声音 (voiceless sound).
「
が
」
の
子し
音いん
は
有ゆう
声せい
音おん
で
、
「
か
」
の
子し
音いん
は
無む
声せい
音おん
です
。
The consonant in 'ga' is a voiced sound, while the consonant in 'ka' is a voiceless sound.
Similar words 無む 声せい 音おん 無声音 is a voiceless sound produced without vocal cord vibration, the opposite of 有声音.
濁だく 音おん 濁音 refers specifically to voiced obstruents in Japanese kana (e.g., が, ざ, だ, ば rows), while 有声音 is the broader linguistic term for any voiced sound.
Etymology Compound of 有 (yū, 'possess, exist') + 声 (sei, 'voice') + 音 (on, 'sound'), literally 'sound that has voice'. A modern linguistic term likely coined in the Meiji period as a translation of Western linguistic concepts.
