Where does “平仮名” come from?

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

平仮名 (Japanese): hiragana, a Japanese syllabary script; simple

Definitions

  1. hiragana, a Japanese syllabary script; simple

Ancestry of “平仮名”, step by step

平仮名 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 仮名

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese仮名a category of Japanese syllabary scripts: kana; a...
2Japanese名name; reputation; famous, great, noted
3Middle Chinese名name

via Japanese 平

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese平something flat; flattened; something ordinary,...
2Middle Chinese平—

Words derived from “平仮名”

Every word from Middle Chinese 名 →Every word from Japanese 名 →Every word from Japanese 仮名 →