音

音 — sound, noise

JLPT: JLPT N4
Strokes: 9
Taught in: School year 1
Frequency: #491 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: おん on

いん in

-のん -non
Kun'yomi: おと oto

ね ne

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 音

A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.