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万葉仮名
万葉仮名
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |||
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万 | 葉 | 仮 | 名 |
まん Grade: 2 |
よう Grade: 3 |
か > が Grade: 5 |
な Grade: 1 |
Noun
万葉仮名 (hiragana まんようがな, romaji man'yōgana, historical hiragana まんえふがな)
- the early Japanese syllabary using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds: the predecessor of hiragana and katakana
See also
References
- ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
- 1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
- 1 2 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13143-0