大和仮名
Japanese edit
| Kanji in this term | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 大 | 和 | 仮 | 名 |
| やまと | かり > が Grade: 5 |
な Grade: 1 | |
| Grade: 1 | Grade: 3 | ||
| jukujikun | irregular | kun’yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 大和假名 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology edit
大和 (“Yamato nation; Japan”) + 仮名. So called because hiragana and katakana were Japanese inventions, as opposed to 真名 (mana, “non-phonetic Chinese characters”) and 真仮名 (magana, “phonetic Chinese characters”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
大和仮名 • (Yamatogana)
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- Japanese terms spelled with 大
- Japanese terms spelled with 和
- Japanese terms spelled with 仮
- Japanese terms spelled with 名 read as な
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- Japanese terms written with four Han script characters
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