平仮名
See also: 平假名
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 平 | 仮 | 名 |
| ひら Grade: 3 |
か > が Grade: 5 |
な Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi | ||
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 平假名 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
Compound of 平 (hira, “flat, smooth”) + 仮名 (kana). The kana changes to gana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) ひらがな [hìrágáꜜnà] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2][3]
- (Tokyo) ひらがな [hìrágáná] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- (Tokyo) ひらがな [hìrágánáꜜ] (Odaka – [4])[1]
- IPA(key): [çiɾa̠ɡa̠na̠]
Noun
平仮名 • (hiragana)
- hiragana, a Japanese syllabary script
- 1603, Vocabvlario da Lingoa de Iapam (Nippo Jisho) [Vocabulary of the Language of Japan] (in Portuguese), Nagasaki, page 242:
- Firagana. ヒラガナ (平仮名) 日本の文字の一種.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- Doi, Tadao (1603–1604) Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1980, →ISBN.