訓仮名

Japanese

Kanji in this term
訓	仮	名
くん Grade: 4	か > が Grade: 5	な Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
訓假名 (kyūjitai)

Noun

訓(くん)仮(が)名(な) • (kungana) 

1. an orthographic technique utilizing Chinese characters in a way that maps character semantics to Japanese words to write Japanese words

See also

• 音仮名 (ongana)