平仮名
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Japanese [edit]
| Kanji in this term | ||
| 平 | 仮 | 名 |
Etymology [edit]
Compound of hira (“flat, smooth”) and kana, which voices to -gana due to suffixation.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /hiraɡana/
Noun [edit]
平仮名 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai 平假名, hiragana ひらがな, romaji hiragana)
- 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.
- 1603–1604: Nippo Jisho (page 242)
- (as opposed to complex kanji) simple
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References [edit]
- 1980 May 18 [1603–1604], Tadao Doi, Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-0008-0021-3: