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affricate; stop-then-fricative consonant
A speech sound that begins as a stop and is released as a fricative, such as the "ts" of Japanese つ or the "ch" of ち.
「つ」の子音は破擦音だ。
The consonant in tsu is an affricate.
日本語にはいくつかの破擦音がある。
Japanese has several affricates.
「ち」や「つ」の音は、破裂音と摩擦音の両方の性質を持つ破擦音だ。
The sounds chi and tsu are affricates that have the qualities of both a stop and a fricative.
Composed of 破 (burst) + 擦 (rub) + 音 (sound). A phonetics term for a consonant that combines a stop and a fricative.
RELATED TERMS:
- 破裂音: stop; plosive — a sound made by a sudden release of blocked air
- 摩擦音: fricative — a sound made by friction of air through a narrow gap
NOTE:
An affricate starts like a 破裂音 and ends like a 摩擦音; Japanese examples include the initial sounds of つ and ち.