音おん仮が名な

noun

kanji used phonetically for their on-reading as syllables

A historical linguistic term referring to the use of kanji for their sound (on-reading) to represent syllables, before the development of kana. Compare 訓仮名 (kun-gana) and 万葉仮名 (man'yōgana).

See also: 訓仮名 (くんがな) · 万葉仮名 (まんようがな)

• 音おん仮が名なは、漢かん字じの音おん読よみを利り用ようして日本にほん語ごの音おん節せつを表ひょう記きしたものである。

  On-gana are characters used to represent Japanese syllables by employing the on-reading of kanji.