呉音

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 呉音, read ごおん, names one tradition of Sino-Japanese character readings.
• Basic usage: In 「経」を「きょう」と読むのは呉音による。, the reading きょう of the character 経 is identified as Go-on.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• A category and a reading
  • 呉音 names a reading tradition, whereas きょう in the example is the actual reading of a particular character. Its frequent use in Buddhist terminology describes the usage of that tradition.