歴史的仮名遣

Japanese

Kanji in this term
れき
Grade: 5

Grade: 5
てき
Grade: 4

Grade: 5

Grade: 1
つか(い) > づか(い)
Grade: S
Alternative spelling
歷史的假名遣 (kyūjitai)
For pronunciation and definitions of 歴史的仮名遣 – see the following entry.
歴史的仮名遣れきしてきかなづか
[noun] "Historical kana usage", a historically-informed Japanese orthography. Formed in the Edo period by Keichū (契沖) and taught in schools until 1946, it restores the spellings used in stages of the language (Heian period and earlier) that predate various phonetic mergers.
(This term, 歴史的仮名遣, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)