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音读

yīn dú

Definitions

  • reading or phonetic value of a character
  • (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[xùn dú]. For example, 山 has an on-reading \san\ and a kun-reading \yama\.)

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