Where does “送り仮名” come from?
送り仮名 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 仮名, from Japanese 名, from Middle Chinese 名 — name.
送り仮名 (Japanese): okurigana: in written Japanese, the kana added...
Definitions
- okurigana: in written Japanese, the kana added...
Ancestry of “送り仮名”, step by step
送り仮名 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 送り
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 送り |