“Phoneme” in Japanese
Short answer
Phoneme in Japanese is “音韻” (onin). Full meaning: phoneme; vocal sound, tone (quality), timbre; initial and final (in Chinese syllable structure).
Other ways to say “Phoneme” in Japanese
音素
onso phoneme
フォニーム
foniimu phoneme
フォネーム
foneemu phoneme
語音
goon sound of a word, sounds of speech, phoneme
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