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新仮名遣い (しんかなづかい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

新しん仮か名な遣づかい

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Meanings

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noun

modern kana orthography; new kana usage

Refers to the post-1946 kana spelling rules, officially revised in 1986 as 現代仮名遣い. Often contrasted with 旧仮名遣い (historical kana orthography).

See also: 現代仮名遣い (げんだいかなづかい) · 旧仮名遣い

新しん仮か名な遣づかいでは「言いふ」は「言いう」と書かく。
In modern kana orthography, 言ふ is written as 言う.

戦せん後ご、新しん仮か名な遣づかいが制せい定ていされた。

After the war, the new kana orthography was established.

Written forms

新しん仮か名な遣づかい
Standard kanji spelling for the modern kana orthography.
新しん仮か名な遣づかい
Variant without the okurigana い; less common but still seen.
新しん仮か名な使づかい
irregular kanji usage
Irregular kanji usage; 遣い is the standard form for orthography.

Kanji

新new
仮sham, temporary, interim
名name, noted, distinguished
遣dispatch, despatch, send
使use, send on a mission, order

Similar words

旧きゅう仮か名な遣づかい
Historical kana orthography used before the 1946 reform; 新仮名遣い is the modern system that replaced it.
現げん代だい仮か名な遣づかい
The 1986 revision of the modern kana orthography; essentially the same system as 新仮名遣い but with minor updates.

Etymology

Compound of 新 (new) + 仮名遣い (kana usage). The term arose after the 1946 Japanese orthography reform.