振り仮名

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: S
か > が
Grade: 5

Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
振り假名 (kyūjitai)
振仮名
振りがな
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Etymology

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From 振り (furi, assigning, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verb 振る (furu, to assign, to stick on, to apportion)) +‎ 仮名 (kana).[1][2] The kana changes to gana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

First cited to 1813.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()()() (furigana

  1. [from 1813] smaller kana printed next to (vertical) or above (horizontal) non-kana text as pronunciation guide

Hypernyms

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See also

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 振仮名”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN