Word Meaning 仮名

かめい kamei

仮名 is read as かめい (kamei) and means alias.

Meaning

English

  1. alias
  2. pseudonym
  3. pen name
  4. nom de plume

Reading

Kana

かめい

Romaji

kamei

Writing Variants

  • 仮名 かりな karina
  • 仮名 けみょう kemyou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Antonyms 実名 Rank 1014 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

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仮の名

かりのな

alias

仮名遣い

かなづかい

kana orthography

仮名手本

かなでほん

Japanese kana copybook

仮名文学

かなぶんがく

kana literature

仮名本

かなぼん

book written entirely in kana

仮名文

かなぶみ

letter composed entirely of kana

仮名文字

かなもじ

the Japanese syllabary symbols

仮名勝ち

かながち

using more kana than characters

仮名草子

かなぞうし

kanazōshi

仮名序

かなじょ

kana preface to the Kokin Wakashū

片仮名

かたかな

katakana

Example Sentences

6

How do I add furigana?

Please add furigana to this book.

The okurigana on this kanji is wrong.

My grandfather sometimes writes in the old kana orthography.

I can write hiragana, but I can't yet write katakana.

When learning Japanese, I quickly discovered that many kanji are rarely used, and are often replaced with kana.