字音仮名遣い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
字	音	仮	名	遣
じ Grade: 1	おん Grade: 1	かり > か Grade: 5	な Grade: 1	つか > づか Grade: S
goon		irregular		kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
字音假名遣い (kyūjitai) 字音仮名遣

Examples
様(やう) (yau) → 様(よう) (yō, “style”) 用(よう) (you) → 用(よう) (yō, “use”) 要(えう) (eu) → 要(よう) (yō, “point”) 葉(えふ) (efu) → 葉(よう) (yō, “leaf”)

Etymology

Compound of 字音 (jion, “kanji pronunciation borrowed from Chinese”) +‎ 仮名遣い (kanazukai, “kana usage”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じおんかなづ​かい [jìóń kánázúꜜkàì] (Nakadaka – [6])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑiõ̞ŋ ka̠na̠zɨᵝka̠i]

Noun

字(じ)音(おん)仮(か)名(な)遣(づか)い • (jion kanazukai) ^{←じおんかなづかひ (zion kanadukafi)?}

1. (linguistics) kanji pronunciation based on Middle Chinese borrowings

See also

• 歴(れき)史(し)的(てき)仮名(かな)遣(づか)い (rekishi-teki kanazukai)
• 字音仮名遣い on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja