四つ仮名

Japanese

Kanji in this term
四	仮	名
よ Grade: 1	か > が Grade: 5	な Grade: 1

Alternative spelling
四つ假名 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 四(よ)つ (yotsu, “four”) + 仮名(かな) (kana, “kana”). The kana changes to gana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) よつがな [yòtsúgáná] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [jo̞t͡sɨᵝɡa̠na̠]

Noun

四(よ)つ仮(が)名(な) • (yotsugana)

(orthography) the four kana pairs of じ/ジ, ず/ズ, ぢ/ヂ and づ/ヅ, the latter two of which represent historical morae that are now pronounced identically to the former two in most major dialects

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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