振り仮名

Japanese

Kanji in this term
振	仮	名
ふ Grade: S	かり > か > が Grade: 5	な Grade: 1
kun’yomi	irregular	kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
振り假名 (kyūjitai) 振仮名振りがな

Etymology

From 振り (furi, “assigning”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 振る (furu, “to assign, to stick on, to apportion”)) +‎ 仮名 (kana).[1][2] The kana changes to gana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

First cited to 1813.[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ふりがな [fùrígáná] (Heiban – [0])[2][3][4]
(Tokyo) ふりがな [fùrígáꜜnà] (Nakadaka – [3])[2][3]
IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝɾʲiɡa̠na̠]

Noun

振(ふ)り仮名(がな) • (furigana)

smaller kana printed next to (vertical) or above (horizontal) non-kana text as pronunciation guide [1813]

Hypernyms

読(よ)み仮名(がな) (yomigana)

References

1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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

[DJR-2] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-3] 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

[SMK5-4] 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN