有声音(ゆうせいおん)

ゆうせいおん
noun
voiced sound; voiced consonant
language
1. voiced sound; voiced consonant
A speech sound produced with vibration of the vocal cords. In Japanese, the voiced consonants include the g, z, d, b, and n series, typically marked with the dakuten (゛) diacritic.
「が」は有声音(ゆうせいおん)だ。
"Ga" is a voiced sound.
日本語(にほんご)では濁点(だくてん)が有声音(ゆうせいおん)を示(しめ)す。
In Japanese, the dakuten mark indicates a voiced sound.
有声音(ゆうせいおん)と無声音(むせいおん)の区別(くべつ)は、外国語(がいこくご)の発音(はつおん)を学(まな)ぶときに重要(じゅうよう)になる。
The distinction between voiced and voiceless sounds becomes important when learning foreign language pronunciation.

A compound of 有声(ゆうせい) (voiced, having voice) and 音(おん) (sound). In phonetics, voiced sounds are produced when the vocal cords vibrate during articulation.

Japanese voiced consonant series

  • が行(がぎょう) (ga, gi, gu, ge, go): voiced velar
  • ざ行(ざぎょう) (za, ji, zu, ze, zo): voiced alveolar
  • だ行(だぎょう) (da, ji, zu, de, do): voiced dental
  • ば行(ばぎょう) (ba, bi, bu, be, bo): voiced bilabial

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Antonym: 無声音(むせいおん) (voiceless sound)
Compare: 濁音(だくおん) (voiced kana)
Compare: 清音(せいおん) (voiceless kana)
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Added 2026.5.2 0:37 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02
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