直音

直音

1. (linguistics) homophonous Chinese character, used in providing the pronunciation of another word

   加注直音  ―  jiāzhù zhíyīn  ―  to indicate pronunciation using homophones

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 直音.

直音

1. (Japanese orthography and phonology) a mora that consists of either (1) one vowel or (2) one consonant and one vowel, and is spelt with only one full-sized kana, such as あ (a), き (ki) or ぶ (bu)

   Antonym: 拗音 (ǎoyīn)

 直音 on Japanese Wikipedia

直 (“straight”) +‎ 音 (“sound”)

• (Tokyo) ちょくおん [chòkúꜜòǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo̞kɯ̟õ̞ɴ]

直(ちょく)音(おん) • (chokuon) 

1. (Japanese orthography and phonology) a mora that consists of either (1) one vowel or (2) one consonant and one vowel, and is spelt with only one full-sized kana, such as あ (a), き (ki) or ぶ (bu)

   Antonym: 拗音 (yōon)

• 直(ちょく)音(おん)表(ひょう)記(き) (chokuon hyōki)