仮名文

仮名文

Japanese

Kanji in this term
仮	名	文
か Grade: 5	な Grade: 1	ふみ > ぶみ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
假名文 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 仮名 (kana, “syllabic letter”) +‎ 文 (fumi, “letter, document”). The fumi changes to bumi as an instance of rendaku (連濁)..[1]

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• IPA^(key): [ka̠na̠bɯ̟ᵝmʲi]

Noun

仮(か)名(な)文(ぶみ) • (kanabumi) 

1. a letter written in kana script (as opposed to kanji)
   • 1603–1604, Nippo Jisho (page 86)

     Canabumi. カナブミ (仮名文) 仮名(cana)文字で書いてある手紙.

See also

• 真名文(まなぶみ) (manabumi)

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

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