万葉仮名

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[edit] Japanese

Kanji in this term
万	葉	仮	名

[edit] Noun

万葉仮名 (hiragana まんようがな, romaji man'yōgana)

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

[edit] See also

• 男手 (おのこで)
• 真名
• 真字