平仮名

Japanese

Kanji in this term
平 仮 名
ひら
Grade: 3		 か > が
Grade: 5		 な
Grade: 1

Etymology

Compound of 平 (hira, “flat, smooth”) +‎ 仮名 (kana), which voices to -gana due to suffixation.

Pronunciation

Noun

平仮名 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 平假名, hiragana ひらがな, rōmaji hiragana)

  1. 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.
  2. (as opposed to complex kanji) simple

Synonyms

  • 女 (おんな)手 (で) (onnade)
  • 女 (おんな)文 (も)字 (じ) (onnamoji)
  • 草 (そう)仮 (が)名 (な) (sōgana)

See also

References

  1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1 2 3 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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