よみがな

Japanese

Alternative spellings
読み仮名 読仮名 (uncommon) 読みがな

Etymology

From 読(よ)み (yomi, “pronunciation, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 読(よ)む (yomu, “to pronounce”).”) + 仮名(かな) (kana, “kana”). The kana changes to gana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) よみがな [yòmígáná] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [jo̞mʲiɡa̠na̠]

Noun

よみがな • (yomigana) ^{←よみがな (yomigana)?}

1. pronunciation aid kana

Hyponyms

• 振(ふ)り仮名(がな) (furigana)