Japanese

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Kanji in this term
せん
Hyōgai
どう
Grade: 3
おん
Grade: 1
on'yomi kan'yōon goon

Etymology

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顫動 (vibration) +‎ (sound)

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) んどーおん [sèńdóꜜòòǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [sẽ̞ndo̞ːõ̞ɴ]

Noun

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(せん)(どう)(おん) (sendōon

  1. (phonetics) Synonym of 震え音 (furueon, trill)
    • 1902, Hirano, Hidekichi, “第一節  父音の分類 [Section 1: Types of Consonants]”, in 國語聲音學 [The Phonetics of the National Language], 國光社, pages 78–79:
      顫動音實は摩擦音一種である空氣口腔狹窄通過する局部著しい顫動生ずるによつて發するである。ラ行音が屬する卽ちラ行音は、聲帶顫動成りたるが、懸壅垂刺戟して、之を振動、一の顫音を生ずるのである。顫音が、更に舌頭口蓋との狹窄門に摩擦せられ、ラ行音は成り立つものである。
      Sendōon wa, jitsu wa masatsuon no isshu de aru. Kūki ga kōkō no ichikyōsakumon o tsūka suru sai ni, kyokubu ni ichijirushii sendō o shōzuru ni yotte hassuru on de aru. Ragyōon ga kore ni zokusuru. Sunawachi ragyōon wa, seitai no sendō ni nari taru koe ga, ken'yōsui o shigeki shite, kore o shindō shi, ichi no sen'on o shōzuru no de aru. Kono sen'on ga, sara ni zettō to kōgai to no kyōsakumon ni masatsu serarete, ragyōon wa naritatsu mono de aru.
      Trills are actually a type of fricatives. They are caused by significant vibrations at places of articulation where air passes through a constriction in the oral cavity. The sounds of the ra-row are trills. Specifically for the ra-row, phonation starts with vibrations at the vocal folds, then stimulates the uvula and shakes it, making a vibrating sound. This sound further undergoes friction at the constriction formed by the blade of the tongue and the palate, resulting in a sound of the ra-row.
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