閉へい音おん節せつ

noun

closed syllable

Linguistics term for a syllable that ends in a consonant, such as the first syllable in がっこう (gak-kō).

• 日本にほん語ごの閉へい音おん節せつには、促そく音おん「っ」や撥はつ音おん「ん」で終おわるものがある。

  In Japanese, closed syllables include those ending with the sokuon 'っ' or the moraic nasal 'ん'.