Where does “仮名文” come from?
仮名文 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 仮名, from Japanese 名, from Middle Chinese 名 — name.
仮名文 (Japanese): a letter written in kana script
Definitions
- a letter written in kana script
Ancestry of “仮名文”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 |