撥音

はつおん

Meanings

1. Noun syllabic nasal (in Japanese) (written in kana as ん or ン)

Kanji

• 撥 brush up; reject; exclude. Read as ハツ.
• 音 sound. Read as オン.

Words containing 撥音

• 撥音便 (はつおんびん) nasal sound change (generation of the mora 'n', primarily from verb stems ending in 'i')

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