man'yōgana

See also: manyogana

English

Alternative forms

• manyogana

Etymology

From Japanese 万(まん)葉(よう)仮(が)名(な) (man'yōgana).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: măn'yōgăʹnă
• Rhymes: -ɑːnə

Noun

man'yōgana (uncountable)

1. The early Japanese syllabary using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds: the predecessor of hiragana and katakana.

Related terms

• hentaigana
• hiragana
• katakana

Translations

predecessor of hiragana and katakana

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 萬葉假名／万叶假名 (zh) (wànyè jiǎmíng)

• Japanese: 万葉仮名 (ja) (まんようがな, man'yōgana)
• Korean: 만요가나 (manyogana)
• Russian: манъёга́на f (manʺjogána)

Noun

man'yōgana (plural man'yōgana)

1. (by extension) A man'yōgana character.

Translations

a man'yōgana character

Japanese

Romanization

man'yōgana

1. Rōmaji transcription of まんようがな