大和仮名

大和仮名

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	和	仮	名
やまと		かり > が Grade: 5	な Grade: 1
Grade: 1	Grade: 3
jukujikun		Irregular	kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
大和假名 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

大和 (“Yamato nation; Japan”) +‎ 仮名. So called because hiragana and katakana were Japanese inventions, as opposed to 真名 (mana, “non-phonetic Chinese characters”) and 真仮名 (magana, “phonetic Chinese characters”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) やまと​がな [yàmátóꜜgànà] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ja̠ma̠to̞ɡa̠na̠]

Noun

大和(やまと)仮(が)名(な) • (Yamatogana) 

1. (collective) 平仮名 (hiragana) and 片仮名 (katakana)