八分音符
はちぶおんぷ 8th note; eighth note
Why it means this
音符 is a musical note; 八分 means 'one eighth' — a note lasting an eighth of a whole note.
Breakdown
- 八 や eight, eight radical (no. 12)
- 分 ブン part, minute of time, segment
- 音 おと sound, noise
- 符 フ token, sign, mark
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