真片仮名
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |||
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真 | 片 | 仮 | 名 |
しん Grade: 3 | かた Grade: 6 | かり > か Grade: 5 | な Grade: 1 |
on’yomi | kun’yomi | Irregular | kun’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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眞片假名 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
Blend of 真名 (mana, “non-phonetic kanji”) + 片仮名 (katakana)
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) しんかたかな [shìńkátákáꜜnà] (Nakadaka – [5])
- IPA(key): [ɕĩŋka̠ta̠ka̠na̠]
Noun
真片仮名 • (shinkatakana)
- a mixed script of kanji and katakana, or a use of such script, that was common in formal writing, before modern orthographic reforms which favored hiragana over katakana for grammatical elements such as particles and inflectional affixes