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仮名遣い

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See also: 假名遣い

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
かり > か
Grade: 5

Grade: 1
つか > づか
Grade: S
irregular kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
假名遣い (kyūjitai)
仮名遣 (dated)

Etymology

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Compound of 仮名(かな) (kana, kana) + (つか) (tsukai, use).

The tsukai changes to zukai as an instance of rendaku (連濁)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()()(づか) (kanazukaiかなづかひ (kanadukafi)?

  1. (linguistics) kana usage (orthography)
  2. (linguistics) how letters or characters are read or pronounced ("used")
    上代(じょうだい)特殊(とくしゅ)仮名(かな)(づか)
    jōdai tokushu kanazukai
    special kana usage in Old Japanese
  3. a method of writing (or "using") letters or characters

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN