四つ仮名

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
か > が
Grade: 5

Grade: 1
Alternative spelling
四つ假名 (kyūjitai)
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Etymology[edit]

From () (yotsu, four) + 仮名(かな) (kana, kana). The kana changes to gana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

()()() (yotsugana

  1. (orthography) the four kana pairs of /, /, / and /, the latter two of which represent historical morae that are now pronounced identically to the former two in most major dialects

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN