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Japanese
| Alternative spelling
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| 大和假名 (kyūjitai)
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Etymology
大和 (“Yamato nation; Japan”) + 仮名. So called because hiragana and katakana were Japanese inventions, as opposed to 真名 (mana, “non-phonetic Chinese characters”) and 真仮名 (magana, “phonetic Chinese characters”).
Pronunciation
Noun
大和仮名 • (Yamatogana)
- 平仮名 (hiragana) and 片仮名 (katakana)