Where does “万葉仮名” come from?
万葉仮名 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 仮名, from Japanese 名, from Middle Chinese 名 — name.
万葉仮名 (Japanese): Man'yōgana, the early Japanese syllabary using...
Definitions
- Man'yōgana, the early Japanese syllabary using...
Ancestry of “万葉仮名”, step by step
万葉仮名 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 仮名
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 仮名 | a category of Japanese syllabary scripts: kana; a... |
| 2 | Japanese | 名 | name; reputation; famous, great, noted |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 名 | name |
via Japanese 万葉
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 万葉 | myriads of leaves; thousands of years, eternity |