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Where does “仮名” come from?

仮名 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 名, from Middle Chinese 名 — name.

仮名 (Japanese): a category of Japanese syllabary scripts: kana; a...

Definitions

  1. a category of Japanese syllabary scripts: kana; a...

Ancestry of “仮名”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese名name; reputation; famous, great, noted
2Middle Chinese名name

Words derived from “仮名”

  • furigana
  • okurigana
  • hentaigana
  • man'yōgana
  • хирагана
  • кана
  • катакана
  • katakana
  • 送假名
  • katakana
  • 振り仮名
  • 送り仮名
  • 合略仮名
  • 仮名文
  • 万葉仮名
  • 平仮名
  • 変体仮名
  • 片仮名
  • katakana
  • hiragana
  • hiragana
  • katakana
  • хирагана
  • катакана
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