真片仮名

Japanese

Kanji in this term
真 片 仮 名
しん
Grade: 3 		かた
Grade: 6 		か
Grade: 5 		な
Grade: 1
on'yomi kun'yomi kun'yomi kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
眞片假名 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Blend of 真名 (mana, “non-phonetic kanji”) +‎ 片仮名 (katakana)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しんかたかな [shìńkátákáꜜnà] (Nakadaka – [5])
  • IPA(key): [ɕĩŋka̠ta̠ka̠na̠]

Noun

真(しん)片(かた)仮(か)名(な) • (shinkatakana) 

  1. a mixed script of kanji and katakana, or a use of such script, that was common in formal writing, before modern orthographic reforms which favored hiragana over katakana for grammatical elements such as particles and inflectional affixes
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