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English
Etymology
From Japanese 万葉仮名 (man'yōgana).
Pronunciation
Noun
man'yōgana (uncountable)
- The early Japanese syllabary using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds: the predecessor of hiragana and katakana.
Translations
predecessor of hiragana and katakana
Noun
man'yōgana (plural man'yōgana)
- (by extension) A man'yōgana character.
Translations
Japanese
Romanization
man'yōgana
- Rōmaji transcription of まんようがな