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1. Kanon Reading

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   Kanon preserves several initial consonant series that were lost or altered in later Chinese dialects, notably the palatal affricates and the retroflex series, which are rendered in Japanese primarily as /s/ or /z/ sequences in modern standard Japanese, but which display significant allophonic variation depending on the associated vowel quality following the initial sound. Furthermore, the precise realization of the initial /r/ sound in Kanon is often considered stable, contrasting with the development of /n/ or /y/ in other readings.
   A notable, though sometimes contested, feature is the trea…