呉音

See also: 吳音, and 吴音

Japanese

Examples
明(みょう)王(おう) (myōō): Buddhist "Wisdom King"

Kanji in this term
呉	音
ご Grade: S	おん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
吳音 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 呉 (go, “the Wú region of China”) ‎ 音 (on, “sound, pronunciation”).

呉 may be a misnomer adopted by the Heian Period kan'on supporters to suggest that goon is "dialectal" or "non-standard".

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ごおん [gòóń] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) ごおん [góꜜòǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɡo̞õ̞ɴ]

• Homophones: 語音, 五音

Noun

呉(ご)音(おん) • (goon) 

1. The pronunciation of Chinese hanzi characters used in the Wú (Japanese 吳 (Go)) and Yuè (Japanese 越 (Etsu)) regions of China.
2. goon, a Sino-Japanese kanji pronunciation layer; the first layer first brought to Japan via the Korean peninsula

   Generally regarded as the character reading brought over long ago from the lower reaches of the Yangtze River (the Wú region). Found especially in Buddhist terminology and early technical terminology.

   Synonym: (obsolete, original name used until the middle of the Heian Period) 和音 (waon)

   Hypernyms: 漢字音 (kanji-on), 音読み (on'yomi)

   Coordinate terms: 和音 (waon), 漢音 (kan'on), 宋音 (sōon), 唐音 (tōon), 慣用音 (kan'yōon)