Word Meaning 万葉仮名

まんようがな manyougana

万葉仮名 is read as まんようがな (manyougana) and means man'yōgana.

Meaning

English

man'yōgana
early Japanese syllabary composed of Chinese characters used phonetically

Reading

Kana

まんようがな

Romaji

manyougana

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 27 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 45087 Priority H

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

片仮名

かたかな

katakana

仮名

かめい

alias

平仮名

ひらがな

hiragana

送り仮名

おくりがな

kana written after a kanji to complete the full (usually kun) reading of the word

仮名

かな

kana

振り仮名

ふりがな

furigana

上代仮名

じょうだいがな

cursive kanji form used as a syllabary (Heian period)

変体仮名

へんたいがな

non-standard kana

四つ仮名

よつがな

yotsugana

女仮名

おんながな

hiragana

男仮名

おとこがな

kanji used as phonetic symbols

音仮名

おんがな

kanji used to represent syllables, based on their "on" readings (prior to the advent of kana)