片仮名
See also: 片假名
Japanese
Etymology
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 片 | 仮 | 名 |
| かた Grade: 6 |
か Grade: 5 |
な Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi | ||
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 片假名 (kyūjitai) |
Compound of 片 (kata, “part”) + 仮名 (kana). 片 is in turn a cognate with 方 (kata).
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) かたかな [kàtákáꜜnà] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2][3]
- (Tokyo) かたかな [kàtáꜜkànà] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][3]
- IPA(key): [ka̠ta̠ka̠na̠]
Noun
片仮名 or 片仮名 • (katakana)
- Katakana, a set of Japanese syllabary characters, secondary to hiragana, derived from portions of Chinese characters whose sounds approximate the Japanese sound being represented. Chiefly thought of as being used for loanwords (cf. カタカナ語 (“loanword”, literally “katakana word”)), it has a number of other uses too, complementing hiragana; see Katakana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Derived terms
- 真片仮名 (shinkatakana)
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN