平仮名
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Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 平 | 仮 | 名 |
| ひら Grade: 3 |
か > が Grade: 5 |
な Grade: 1 |
| kun’yomi | ||
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 平假名 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology[edit]
Compound of 平 (hira, “flat, smooth”) + 仮名 (kana). The kana changes to gana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Tokyo) ひらがな [hìrágáꜜnà] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2][3]
- (Tokyo) ひらがな [hìrágáná] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- (Tokyo) ひらがな [hìrágánáꜜ] (Odaka – [4])[1]
- IPA(key): [çiɾa̠ɡa̠na̠]
Noun[edit]
- 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.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Synonyms[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- Doi, Tadao (1603–1604) Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1980, →ISBN.
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 平 read as ひら
- Japanese terms spelled with 仮 read as か
- Japanese terms spelled with 名 read as な
- Japanese terms with rendaku
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with fifth grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms written with three Han script characters
- Japanese terms with quotations
- ja:Writing systems