Chinese

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grass; straw; draft (of a document)
grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
 
pseudonym; false or fictitious name; to do something under a false premise
trad. (草假名) 假名
simp. #(草假名) 假名

Etymology

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Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 草仮名(そうがな) (sōgana).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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草假名

  1. sōgana (archaic Japanese syllabary, representing an intermediate between man'yōgana and hiragana)

Japanese

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For pronunciation and definitions of 草假名 – see the following entry.
草仮名そうがな
[noun] sōgana (archaic Japanese syllabary, representing an intermediate between man'yōgana and hiragana)
(This term, 草假名, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)