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音声記号 (onseikigou) Japanese meaning: phonetic symbol | Kotomora

音おん声せい記き号ごう

お

ん

せ

い

き

ご

う

Meanings

1

phonetic symbol

Technical term used in linguistics and phonetics to represent speech sounds, such as IPA symbols.

国こく際さい音おん声せい記き号ごうは、世せ界かい中じゅうの言げん語ごの

音おと

を

表あらわ

す

ため

に

使つか

わ

れる

。

The International Phonetic Alphabet is used to represent the sounds of languages around the world.

Kanji

音sound, noise
声voice
記scribe, account, narrative
号nickname, number, item

Built from

音おん声せい+記き号ごう

Etymology

Compound of 音声 (onsei, 'speech sound') and 記号 (kigō, 'symbol').