大和仮名

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
やまと かり > が
Grade: 5

Grade: 1
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jukujikun irregular kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
大和假名 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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大和 (Yamato nation; Japan) +‎ 仮名. So called because hiragana and katakana were Japanese inventions, as opposed to 真名 (mana, non-phonetic Chinese characters) and 真仮名 (magana, phonetic Chinese characters).

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) まとがな [yàmátóꜜgànà] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [ja̠ma̠to̞ɡa̠na̠]

Noun

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大和(やまと)()() (Yamatogana

  1. 平仮名 (hiragana) and 片仮名 (katakana)