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Japanese
Etymology
From 宣命 (senmyō) + 書き (kaki, “連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 書く (kaku).”). The kaki changes to gaki as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
Noun
せんみょうがき • (senmyō-gaki) ←せんみゃうがき (senmyaugaki)?
- A historical form of Japanese writing. Text is written entirely in kanji, with functional morphemes written in smaller-sized man'yōgana.