五十音仮名

五十音仮名

Japanese

Kanji in this term
五	十	音	仮	名
ご Grade: 1	じゅう Grade: 1	おん Grade: 1	かり > が Grade: 5	な Grade: 1
goon			Irregular	kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
五十音假名 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

五十音 (literally “fifty sounds”) +‎ 仮名 (kana), so called because historically, mainly katakana were arranged in 五十音順 (literally “order of the fifty sounds”), as opposed to hiragana which were historically arranged in 伊呂波順 (“Iroha order”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ごじゅうおんがな [gòjúúóńgáná] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɡo̞ʑɨᵝːõ̞ŋɡa̠na̠]

Noun

五(ご)十(じゅう)音(おん)仮(が)名(な) • (gojūongana) ^{←ごじふおんがな (gozifuongana)?}

1. Synonym of 片仮名

   Coordinate term: 伊呂波仮名