四つ仮名

Japanese

Kanji in this term
四 仮 名
よ
Grade: 1 		か > が
Grade: 5 		な
Grade: 1
Alternative spelling
四つ假名 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 四(よ)つ (yotsu, “four”) + 仮名(かな) (kana, “kana”). The kana changes to gana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) よつがな [yòtsúgáná] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [jo̞t͡sɨɡa̠na̠]

Noun

四(よ)つ仮(が)名(な) • (yotsugana) 

  1. (orthography) the four kana pairs of じ/ジ, ず/ズ, ぢ/ヂ and づ/ヅ, the latter two of which represent historical morae that are now pronounced identically to the former two in most major dialects

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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