Word Meaning 旧仮名

きゅうかな kyuukana

旧仮名 is read as きゅうかな (kyuukana) and means old kana orthography (used before 1946 reform).

Meaning

English

old kana orthography (used before 1946 reform)
historical kana orthography

Reading

Kana

きゅうかな

Romaji

kyuukana

Writing Variants

旧かな きゅうかな kyuukana

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 57229 Priority I

Related Vocabulary

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旧仮名遣い

きゅうかなづかい

old kana orthography (used before 1946 reform)

旧名

きゅうめい

former name

旧国名

きゅうこくめい

place names used during the ritsuryō period

旧名称

きゅうめいしょう

former name

仮名

かめい

alias

平仮名

ひらがな

hiragana

片仮名

かたかな

katakana

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