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Where does “閉鎖音” come from?

閉鎖音 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 音, from Middle Chinese 音.

閉鎖音 (Japanese): a stop, a plosive

Definitions

  1. a stop, a plosive

Ancestry of “閉鎖音”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese音sound; speech sound; Short for 音読み : the...
2Middle Chinese音—
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