"四つ仮名" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [jo̞t͡sɨɡa̠na̠] Forms: 四つ仮名 [canonical] (ruby: (), (), ()), yotsugana [romanization]
Etymology: From 四(よ)つ (yotsu, “four”) + 仮名(かな) (kana, “kana”). The kana changes to gana as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Etymology templates: {{ja-compound|四つ|よつ|仮名|かな|t1=four|t2=kana}} 四(よ)つ (yotsu, “four”) + 仮名(かな) (kana, “kana”), {{sortkey|ja|四つ仮名}} よつかな', {{rendaku2|kana|gana}} The kana changes to gana as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Head templates: {{ja-noun|よつがな}} 四(よ)つ仮(が)名(な) • (yotsugana)
  1. (orthography) the four kana pairs of じ/ジ, ず/ズ, ぢ/ヂ and づ/ヅ, the latter two of which represent historical morae that are now pronounced identically to the former two in most major dialects Wikipedia link: Yotsugana, ja:四つ仮名 Categories (topical): Orthography
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