草仮名

Japanese

Kanji in this term
草 仮 名
そう
Grade: 1 		か > が
Grade: 5 		な
Grade: 1
on'yomi kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
草假名 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 草 (sō, “grass”) +‎ 仮名 (kana). The kana changes to gana as an instance of rendaku (連濁)..

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [so̞ːɡa̠na̠]

Noun

草(そう)仮(が)名(な) • (sōgana) 

  1. sōgana (archaic Japanese syllabary, representing an intermediate between man'yōgana and hiragana)

Descendants

  • → English: sōgana
  • → Mandarin: 草假名 (cǎojiǎmíng)
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