Where does “furigana” come from?
furigana (English) comes from Japanese 振り仮名, from Japanese 仮名, from Japanese 名, from Middle Chinese 名 — name.
furigana (English): Kana printed next to or above a kanji or other...
Definitions
- Kana printed next to or above a kanji or other...
Ancestry of “furigana”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 振り仮名 | smaller kana printed next to or above non-kana... |
| 2 | Japanese | 仮名 | a category of Japanese syllabary scripts: kana; a... |
| 3 | Japanese | 名 | name; reputation; famous, great, noted |
| 4 | Middle Chinese | 名 | name |