Where does “man'yōgana” come from?
man'yōgana (English) comes from Japanese 万葉仮名, from Japanese 仮名, from Japanese 名, from Middle Chinese 名 — name.
man'yōgana (English): The early Japanese syllabary using Chinese...
Definitions
- The early Japanese syllabary using Chinese...
Ancestry of “man'yōgana”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 万葉仮名 | Man'yōgana, the early Japanese syllabary using... |
| 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 |