真片仮名

Japanese

Kanji in this term
真	片	仮	名
しん Grade: 3	かた Grade: 6	か Grade: 5	な Grade: 1
on’yomi	kun’yomi	kun’yomi	kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
眞片假名 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Blend of 真名 (mana, “non-phonetic kanji”) +‎ 片仮名 (katakana)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しんかたか​な [shìńkátákáꜜnà] (Nakadaka – [5])
• IPA^(key): [ɕĩŋka̠ta̠ka̠na̠]

Noun

真(しん)片(かた)仮(か)名(な) • (shinkatakana) 

1. a mixed script of kanji and katakana, or a use of such script, that was common in formal writing, before modern orthographic reforms which favored hiragana over katakana for grammatical elements such as particles and inflectional affixes