man'yōgana

See also: manyogana

English

Etymology

From Japanese 万葉仮名 (man'yōgana).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: măn'yōgăʹnă

Noun

man'yōgana (uncountable)

1. the early Japanese syllabary using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds: the predecessor of hiragana and katakana

Translations

predecessor of hiragana and katakana

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 萬葉假名, 万叶假名 (wànyè jiǎmíng)

• Japanese: 万葉仮名 (ja) (まんようがな, man'yōgana)

• Korean: 만요가나 (manyogana)
• Russian: манъёга́на (ru) f (manʺjógána)

Related terms

• hentaigana
• hiragana
• katakana

Noun

man'yōgana (plural man'yōgana)

1. (by extension) A man'yōgana character.

See also

• Index:Japanese Kana

Translations

a man'yōgana character

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Japanese

Romanization

man'yōgana

1. Rōmaji transcription of まんようがな