音读

Traditional: 音讀
yīn dú
Dictionary entry
reading or phonetic value of a character

What does 音读 mean?

音读 (yīn dú) has the following dictionary meaning.

1reading or phonetic value of a character
2(Japanese linguistics) on-reading, a pronunciation of a kanji derived from its pronunciation in a Sinitic language at the time it was imported from China (Note: An on-reading of a character is distinguished from its kun-reading(s) 訓讀|训读[xun4 du2]. For example, 山 has an on-reading "san" and a kun-reading "yama".)

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How to pronounce 音读

音读
yīn dú
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