五十音仮名

Japanese
Kanji in this term
五 十 音 仮 名
ご
Grade: 1		 じゅう
Grade: 1		 おん
Grade: 1		 かり > が
Grade: 5		 な
Grade: 1
goon irregular kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
五十音假名 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

五十音 (literally “fifty sounds”) +‎ 仮名 (kana), so called because historically, mainly katakana were arranged in 五十音順 (literally “order of the fifty sounds”), as opposed to hiragana which were historically arranged in 伊呂波順 (“Iroha order”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ごじゅうおんがな [gòjúúóńgáná] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ɡo̞ʑɨᵝːõ̞ŋɡa̠na̠]

Noun

五(ご)十(じゅう)音(おん)仮(が)名(な) • (gojūongana) ←ごじふおんがな (gozifuongana)?

  1. Synonym of 片仮名
    Coordinate term: 伊呂波仮名
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