音读

Traditional form:

音讀

Pinyin (reading):

yīndú

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 (xùndú). For example, 山 has an on-reading "san" and a kun-reading "yama".)

Characters:

• 音 - sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation
• 读 - to study, to learn; to read, to pronounce

Traditional characters:

• 音 - sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation
• 讀 - to study, to learn; to read, to pronounce