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Japanese
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| 五十音假名 (kyūjitai)
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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
Noun
五十音仮名 • (gojūongana) ←ごじふおんがな (gozifuongana)?
- synonym of 片仮名
- Coordinate term: 伊呂波仮名