平仮名

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(ひら)仮(が)名(な) • (hiragana)

hiragana, 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.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

(now rare) 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

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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Doi, Tadao (1603–1604) Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1980, →ISBN.

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