四つ仮名
Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 四 | 仮 | 名 |
| よ Grade: 1 |
か > が Grade: 5 |
な Grade: 1 |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 四つ假名 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
[edit]From 四つ (yotsu, “four”) + 仮名 (kana, “kana”). The kana changes to gana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- (orthography) the four kana pairs of じ/ジ, ず/ズ, ぢ/ヂ and づ/ヅ, the latter two of which represent historical morae that are now pronounced identically to the former two in most major dialects
References
[edit]Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 四 read as よ
- Japanese terms spelled with 仮 read as か
- Japanese terms spelled with 名 read as な
- Japanese terms with rendaku
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with fifth grade kanji
- Japanese terms with 3 kanji
- ja:Orthography