振り仮名
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Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 振 | 仮 | 名 |
| ふ Grade: S |
か > が Grade: 5 |
な Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi | ||
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 振り假名 (kyūjitai) 振仮名 振りがな |
Etymology
From 振り (furi, “assigning”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 振る (furu, “to assign, to stick on, to apportion”)) + 仮名 (kana).[1][2] The kana changes to gana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
First cited to 1813.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
- smaller kana printed next to (vertical) or above (horizontal) non-kana text as pronunciation guide
Hypernyms
- 読み仮名 (yomigana)
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “振仮名”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN