真名

真名

1. real name

From 真 (ma-, “true”) +‎ 名 (na, “name → character”). So called "true" because it is used for the meaning of the characters rather than their phonetic values, as opposed to 仮名 (kana, “provisional/borrowed characters”). Compare 真仮名 (magana, “phonetic kanji”).

Compare Korean 진서 (真書, jinseo, “true characters → Chinese characters”).

• (Tokyo) まな [máꜜnà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ma̠na̠]

真(ま)名(な) • (mana) 

1. synonym of 漢字 (kanji): Chinese characters used to write the Japanese language

   Synonym: 男文字 (otokomoji)

2. (by extension) kanji written in the 楷書体 (kaisho-tai, “regular script”) style
   • c. 1001–1014, Murasaki Shikibu, Genji Monogatari (Aoi)

     …草(さう)にも真名(まな)にも、さまざまめづらしきさまに書(か)き混(ま)ぜたまへり。

     …sō ni mo mana ni mo, samazama mezurashiki-sama ni kakimaze tamaeri.

     (please add an English translation of this example)

3. real name

/mana/ → /manːa/

Shift from mana above, due to the addition of 撥音 (hatsuon, “ん (n) sound”).

真(まん)名(な) • (manna) 

1. (rare) Same as まな (mana) above