五十音

Chinese

		fifty; 50	sound; noise; news
simp. and trad. (五十音)		五十	音

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wǔshíyīn

(Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄕˊ ㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁵ sap⁶ jam¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wǔshíyīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄕˊ ㄧㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuushyin
  - IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ in⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ng⁵ sap⁶ jam¹
  - Yale: ńgh sahp yām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁵ sap⁹ jam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ng⁵ seb⁶ yem¹
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³ sɐp̚² jɐm⁵⁵/

Noun

五十音

The modern ordering of the Japanese syllabaries.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
五	十	音
ご Grade: 1	じゅう Grade: 1	おん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

From 五十 (gojū, “fifty”) +‎ 音 (on, “sound”).

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) ごじゅうおん [gòjúꜜùòǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
- IPA^(key): [ɡo̞ʑɨᵝːõ̞ɴ]

Noun

五十音 (hiragana ごじゅうおん, rōmaji gojūon)

The modern ordering of the Japanese syllabaries: あいうえおかきくけこ etc.

Derived terms

五 (ご)十 (じゅう)音 (おん)順 (じゅん) (gojūonjun)

See also

伊 (い)呂 (ろ)波 (は) (iroha): the traditional ordering

References

1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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