Where does “片仮名” come from?
片仮名 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 仮名, from Japanese 名, from Middle Chinese 名 — name.
片仮名 (Japanese): Katakana, a set of Japanese syllabary characters,...
Definitions
- Katakana, a set of Japanese syllabary characters,...
Ancestry of “片仮名”, step by step
片仮名 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 片
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 片 | one part of a pair; partial |