ChiramiN4 kanji · 9 strokes
音 means sound
音
立 stand · 日 sun
音Memory trick
Stand (立) up and sing in the sun (日): sound.
Memory trick: a picture to help you remember the kanji, not its history.
Meaning and readings
- Meanings
- sound, noise
- JLPT level
- N4
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 1 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) おと oto
おと (oto) is the Japanese word for this kanji. You use it when the kanji stands alone or has kana after it. Dictionaries call this the kun reading.
Other Japanese readings: ね ne
From Chinese (onyomi) オン on
オン (on) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.
Other readings from Chinese: イン in, -ノン -non
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Common word
音楽 おんがく · ongaku
music
Built from
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立 Used in 66 kanji
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What does 音 mean?
Right: 音 means sound.Not quite: 音 means sound.In 音楽, which reading does 音 use?
Right. 音楽 is read おんがく (ongaku): 音 takes オン, its reading from Chinese.Not quite. 音楽 is read おんがく (ongaku): 音 takes オン, its reading from Chinese.