"よみがな" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [jo̞mʲiɡa̠na̠] Forms: yomigana [romanization], よみがな [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: From 読(よ)み (yomi, “pronunciation, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 読(よ)む (yomu, “to pronounce”).”) + 仮名(かな) (kana, “kana”). The kana changes to gana as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|連%用%形|れん%よう%けい|stem or continuative form}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”), {{ja-r|読む|よむ|to pronounce|pos=}} 読(よ)む (yomu, “to pronounce”), {{ja-etym-renyokei|読む|よむ|to pronounce}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 読(よ)む (yomu, “to pronounce”)., {{ja-compound|読み|よみ|仮名|かな|t1=pronunciation, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei</span>, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 読(よ)む (yomu</span>, “to pronounce”).|t2=kana}} 読(よ)み (yomi, “pronunciation, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 読(よ)む (yomu, “to pronounce”).”) + 仮名(かな) (kana, “kana”), {{sortkey|ja|よみがな}} よみかな', {{rendaku2|kana|gana}} The kana changes to gana as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Head templates: {{ja-noun|hhira=よみがな}} よみがな • (yomigana) ^(←よみがな (yomigana)?)
  1. pronunciation aid kana Hyponyms: 振り仮名 (furigana) (ruby: (), 仮名(がな))

Download JSON data for よみがな meaning in Japanese (3.2kB)

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