万葉仮名

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
万	葉	仮	名

Wikipedia

万葉仮名: development of hiragana from man'yōgana

Noun

万葉仮名 (hiragana まんようがな, romaji man'yōgana)

1. the early Japanese syllabary using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds: the predecessor of hiragana and katakana

See also

• 男手 (おとこで, ​otokode)
• 真名, 真字 (まな, ​mana)
• 真字 (しんじ, ​shinji)