Kan'on - Kan'on

Japanese: 漢音 - かんおん
Kan'on - Kan'on
One of the Japanese pronunciations of Chinese characters. Following Go-on, it was introduced to Japan by Japanese envoys and monks studying abroad during the Sui and Tang dynasties. During the Heian period, it was designated as the correct pronunciation to be studied and taught, and is therefore also called "sei-on." It is mainly based on the northwestern dialects of Luoyang and Chang'an (now Xi'an). The main differences with Go-on are: (1) Go-on retains the distinction between clear and dull sounds found in Chinese (Zau (糟), Sau (尚)), whereas Kan-on is all clear sounds (both sau); (2) Go-on incorporates the Chinese sounds /m/ and /n/ in the ma and na rows (Man (萬), Nu (奴)), whereas Kan-on uses the ba and da rows (ban, do). (3) The /-t/ in Chinese characters can sometimes be pronounced as chi in Go-on (shichi, quality), but always as tsu in Kan-on (shitsu, quality).

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Japanese:
日本の漢字音の一つ。呉音に次いで,隋唐時代に遣唐使や留学僧などにより日本に伝えられたもの。平安時代には学習・教授すべき正規の音と定められたため,「正音」ともいう。おもに洛陽や長安 (現西安) などの西北方言に基づいている。呉音とのおもな相違は,(1) 呉音では漢語の清濁の対立をとどめている (糟〈ザウ〉,曹〈サウ〉) のに対し,漢音ではすべて清音 (ともに〈サウ〉) である。 (2) 呉音では漢語の/m/,/n/ をマ行,ナ行で取入れている (萬〈マン〉,奴〈ヌ〉) が,漢音ではバ行,ダ行 (〈バン〉,〈ド〉) である。 (3) 漢語の/-t/ が呉音ではチとなることがある (質〈シチ〉) のに対し,漢音ではすべてツ (〈シツ〉) となっていることなどである。

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