"真仮名" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [ma̠ɡa̠na̠] Forms: 真仮名 [canonical] (ruby: (), (), ()), magana [romanization]
Etymology: 真 (“true”) + 仮名. It is called "true", as opposed to hiragana and katakana which no longer retain the original shape of the Han characters (kanji) they derive from, even though it is still "false" as a type of 仮名 (kana, literally “false name”) because it is used phonetically. See also 真名 (mana, “non-phonetic kanji”, literally “true name”) and 真片仮名 (shinkatakana, “non-phonetic kanji and katakana”). Etymology templates: {{pre|ja|真|仮名|t1=true}} 真 (“true”) + 仮名 Head templates: {{ja-noun|まがな}} 真(ま)仮(が)名(な) • (magana)
  1. (history) a syllabary with characters drawn from kanji, such as the 万葉仮名 (Man'yōgana), that is the precursor to hiragana and katakana Related terms: 当て字 (ruby: (), ()) [ateji]
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