man'yōgana

See also: manyogana

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Japanese 万(まん)葉(よう)仮(が)名(な) (man'yōgana).

Pronunciation

Noun

man'yōgana (uncountable)

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

Translations

Noun

man'yōgana (plural man'yōgana)

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

Translations

Japanese

Romanization

man'yōgana

  1. Rōmaji transcription of まんようがな
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.