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万葉仮名

万葉仮名

Japanese

万葉仮名: development of hiragana from man'yōgana
Kanji in this term
まん
Grade: 2
よう
Grade: 3
か > が
Grade: 5

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)

  1. the early Japanese syllabary using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds: the predecessor of hiragana and katakana

See also

References

  1. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  3. 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
  4. 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