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音読おんよみ (onyomi)

Chinese-derived kanji reading

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Meaning

音読み (おんよみ, onyomi) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “Chinese-derived kanji reading”.

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この漢字かんじの音読おんよみは何なんですか。

What's the Chinese-derived reading of this kanji?

「玉」という漢字の音読み。

The on-reading of the kanji character for 'tama'.

音読みで社号を読むのは仏教の影響である。

However these Sino-Japanese pronunciations for shrine names only arose due to the influence of Buddhism.

ちなみに、「掾」の日本語での音読みは「エン」である。

Incidentally, the Japanese on-reading of '掾' is 'en'.

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