Japanese

Noun

平仮名 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 平假名, hiragana ひらがな, romaji hiragana)

1. a Japanese syllabary script
   • 1603–1604, Nippo Jisho (page 242)

     Firagana. ヒラガナ (平仮名) 日本の文字の一種.

2. (as opposed to complex kanji) simple

Synonyms

• 女手 (おんなで) ‎(onnade)
• 女文字 (おんなもじ) ‎(onnamoji)
• 草仮名 (そうがな) ‎(sōgana)

See also

• 漢字 (かんじ) ‎(kanji)
• 片仮名 (かたかな) ‎(katakana)
• 万葉仮名 (まんようがな) ‎(man'yōgana)
• ローマ字 (じ) ‎(rōmaji)

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. 1 2 3 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
3. ↑ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13143-0

• Doi, Tadao (1603–1604) Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 978-4-00-080021-1, published 1980.