卷舌元音

Traditional form:

捲舌元音

Pinyin (reading):

juǎnshéyuányīn

Definitions:

• retroflex vowel (e.g. the final r of putonghua)

Characters:

• 卷 - book, scroll, volume; curled up; to curl, to roll
• 舌 - tongue; bell clapper
• 元 - first; dollar; origin; head
• 音 - sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation

Traditional characters:

• 捲 - curl, roll up; curly, rolled up
• 舌 - tongue; bell clapper
• 元 - first; dollar; origin; head
• 音 - sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation