音仮名

Japanese
Kanji in this term
音 仮 名
おん
Grade: 1		 か > が
Grade: 5		 な
Grade: 1
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
音假名 (kyūjitai)

Noun

音(おん)仮(が)名(な) • (ongana) 

  1. an orthographic technique utilizing Chinese characters in a way that maps the Chinese pronunciation, or such an approximation, to Japanese sounds to write Japanese words

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