五音

五音
yīn

five notes of pentatonic scale, roughly do, re, mi, sol, la

2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings

MEANING

  1. noun

    five notes of pentatonic scale, roughly do, re, mi, sol, la

    • A person who lacks the five tones cannot sing well.

  2. noun

    five classes of initial consonants of Chinese phonetics, namely: 喉音[hou2 yin1], 牙音[ya2 yin1], 舌音[she2 yin1], 齒音|齿音[chi3 yin1], 唇音[chun2 yin1]

    • The five tones are an ancient Chinese music theory.

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解字

CHARACTER ANALYSIS
  • (two; two horizontal strokes)RADICAL
  • (diagonal stroke indicating the number five)ASSOCIATIVE

A number carved between two horizontal lines resembles the ancient finger-counting method.

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