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仮名 (かな, kana) Japanese meaning: kana | Kotomora

仮か名な

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Common word›JLPTN2›Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

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kana; Japanese syllabaries

Refers to the two Japanese syllabaries, hiragana and katakana, as opposed to kanji (真名).

See also: 真名

日本にほん語ごは漢かん字じと仮か名なを組くみ合

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わせ

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書か

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れる

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Japanese is written using a combination of kanji and kana.

ひらがなとカタカナは仮か名なの一いっ種しゅです。

Hiragana and katakana are types of kana.

Usage patterns

〈言こと葉ば〉を仮か名なで書かくto write a word in kana
この漢かん字じは難むずかしいので仮か名なで書かいた。
This kanji was difficult, so I wrote it in kana instead.
漢かん字じを仮か名なに直なおすto convert kanji into kana
子こ供ども向むけの本ほんでは漢かん字じを仮か名なに直なおしてある。
In books for children, the kanji have been converted into kana.

Expressions

仮か名なを振ふるadd kana; add Japanese reading

Kanji

仮sham, temporary, interim
名name, noted, distinguished
假temporary, interim, assumed (name)
字character, letter, word

Opposites

漢かん字じN5
漢字 are the Chinese-derived characters, while 仮名 are the native Japanese syllabic scripts (hiragana and katakana) used alongside them.
真ま名な
真名 is the classical term for kanji used for their sound value, contrasted with 仮名, the simplified syllabic scripts developed from them.

Don't confuse with

仮か名めい
Written the same way, 仮名 read かな means the kana syllabary, but 仮名 read かめい means 'an assumed name or alias' — only the pronunciation and context tell them apart.

Word family· 29

カタカナN4
katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
ひらがなN4
hiragana
ふりがなN3
furigana; small kana printed next to kanji to show pronunciation
仮か名な遣づかいN2

Written forms

仮か名なUsage63%
Standard kanji spelling for kana syllabaries.
カナUsage19%
かなUsage14%
假か名なUsage2%
out-dated kanji form
Contains outdated kanji 假.
仮か字

Etymology

From 仮 (kari, 'provisional') + 名 (na, 'character'), referring to characters derived from kanji and used phonetically. The reading かな is a contraction of かりな.

kana orthography; kana usage

送おくり仮が名なN2

okurigana; kana suffix after a kanji

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仮か名な序じょ
kana preface to the Kokin Wakashū
仮か名な文ぶん
kana-only text; writing entirely in kana · kana-only letter; letter in kana
仮か名な本ぼん
book written entirely in kana
女おんな仮が名な
hiragana (archaic term)
新しん仮か名な
modern kana orthography; new kana spelling
旧きゅう仮か名な
historical kana orthography; old kana usage
男おとこ仮が名な
man'yōgana; kanji used as phonetic symbols
草そう仮が名な
cursive man'yōgana; sōsho-style man'yōgana
訓くん仮が名な
kanji used phonetically for their kun reading

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な

Usage1%

rarely-used kanji form

Rarely used kanji form.