た

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Syllable 2 Japanese 2.1 Etymology 1 2.1.1 Pronoun 2.2 Etymology 2 2.2.1 Hiragana character 2.2.1.1 Related terms 2.2.1.2 Derived terms 2.3 Etymology 3 2.3.1 Kanji reading 2.4 References

[edit] Translingual

The Hiragana script
あぁ	かゕが	さざ	ただ	な	はばぱ	ま	やゃ	ら	わゎ	ん
いぃ	きぎ	しじ	ちぢ	に	ひびぴ	み		り	ゐ
うぅゔ	くぐ	すず	つっづ	ぬ	ふぶぷ	む	ゆゅ	る
えぇ	けゖげ	せぜ	てで	ね	へべぺ	め		れ	ゑ
おぉ	こご	そぞ	とど	の	ほぼぽ	も	よょ	ろ	を
Additional symbols ーゝゞゟ
た Unicode: U+305FKatakana: タHepburn romanization: taNihon-shiki romanization: taPolivanov cyrillization: таJapanese braille: ⠕

[edit] Syllable

た

1. The hiragana syllable at た行あ段 (row TA, section A) in a gojūon table.

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Etymology 1

Short form of tare (“‘id’”).

[edit] Pronoun

た (romaji ta)

1. interrogative personal pronoun; who
   • c. late 9th-mid 10th century: Taketori Monogatari

   あの書をきし文を讀み聞かせけれど、「なにせむにか命もおしからむ。たが爲にか。何事も用もなし」とて[...]

[edit] Etymology 2

Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 太 in the cursive sōsho style.

[edit] Hiragana character

た (romaji ta)

1. The /ta/ syllable.
2. The sixteenth character in the gojūon ordering of hiragana. The previous character is そ and the next character is ち. The equivalent katakana character is タ.

[edit] Related terms

• For a list of words starting with た (ta) see: Special:Allpages/た

[edit] Derived terms

• だ (da)

[edit] Etymology 3

[edit] Kanji reading

た (romaji ta)

1. 他: other
2. 田: field

[edit] References

• Sakakura, Atsuyoshi; Yūichi Ōtsu, Hiroshi Tsukishima, Toshiko Abe, Imai Gen'e (1957). Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 9: Taketori Monogatari, Ise Monogatari, Yamato Monogatari (in Japanese). Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten. ISBN 4-0006-0009-5.