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平仮名

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Hiragana

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平仮名

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, Vocabvlario da Lingoa de Iapam (Nippo Jisho) [Vocabulary of the Language of Japan] (in Portuguese), Nagasaki, 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

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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

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