man'yōgana
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See also: manyogana
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Japanese 万葉仮名 (man'yōgana).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: măn'yōgăʹnă
Noun[edit]
man'yōgana (uncountable)
- The early Japanese syllabary using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds: the predecessor of hiragana and katakana.
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
predecessor of hiragana and katakana
Noun[edit]
man'yōgana (plural man'yōgana)
- (by extension) A man'yōgana character.
Translations[edit]
a man'yōgana character
See also[edit]
Japanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
man'yōgana