萬葉假名

See also: 万葉仮名 and 万叶假名

Chinese

		ten thousand generations; generation after generation; eternity ten thousand generations; generation after generation; eternity; forever	Japanese kana
trad. (萬葉假名)		萬葉	假名
simp. (万叶假名)		万叶	假名

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 万(まん)葉(よう)仮(が)名(な) (man'yōgana).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wànyè jiǎmíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˋ ㄧㄝˋ ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶ jip⁶ gaa² ming⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wànyè jiǎmíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄧㄝˋ ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wànyè jiǎmíng
    • Wade–Giles: wan⁴-yeh⁴ chia³-ming²
    • Yale: wàn-yè jyǎ-míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wannyeh jeaming
    • Palladius: ванье цзямин (vanʹje czjamin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɛ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ miŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maan⁶ jip⁶ gaa² ming⁴
    • Yale: maahn yihp gá mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶ jip⁹ gaa² ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: man⁶ yib⁶ ga² ming⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn²² jiːp̚² kaː³⁵ mɪŋ²¹/

Noun

萬葉假名

1. man'yōgana (the early Japanese syllabary using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds: the predecessor of hiragana and katakana)

See also

• 平假名 (píngjiǎmíng)
• 片假名 (piànjiǎmíng)
• 變體假名／变体假名 (biàntǐ jiǎmíng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
萬	葉	假	名
まん Jinmeiyō	よう Grade: 3	か > が Hyōgai	な Grade: 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 萬葉假名 – see the following entry.

【万葉仮名まんようがな】 [noun] man'yōgana (the early Japanese syllabary using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds: the predecessor of hiragana and katakana)

(This term, 萬葉假名, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)