man'yōgana

See also: manyogana

English

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)

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

Related terms

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)

(by extension) A man'yōgana character.

Translations

a man'yōgana character

Japanese

Romanization

man'yōgana

Rōmaji transcription of まんようがな

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