音
yīn
sound
noise; note (of musical scale); tone; news; syllable; reading (phonetic value of a character)
standing (立) + sun/mouth (日) = sound projected into the air
A voice stands upright (立) and releases its vibration from the mouth like sunlight (日) from below — sound projected outward and upward. The pairing evokes a tone rising from a source, whether voice, instrument, or syllable.
Words with 音
半音
bàn yīn
semitone
和音
hé yīn
harmony (pleasing combination of sounds)
通用拼音
tōng yòng pīn yīn
the common use romanization system introduced in Taiwan in 2003
连音
lián yīn
tuplet (music)
连音符
lián yīn fú
(music) tuplet
边音
biān yīn
lateral consonant (phonetics)
邮政式拼音
yóu zhèng shì pīn yīn
Chinese postal romanization, developed in the early 1900s, used until the 1980s
乡音
xiāng yīn
local accent
乡村音乐
xiāng cūn yīn yuè
country music (country & western music genre)
配音
pèi yīn
dubbing (filmmaking)
双元音
shuāng yuán yīn
diphthong
录音
lù yīn
to record sound