Word Meaning 草仮名

そうがな sougana

草仮名 is read as そうがな (sougana) and means cursive form of man'yōgana.

Meaning

English

  1. cursive form of man'yōgana
  2. man'yōgana written in sōsho style

Reading

Kana

そうがな

Romaji

sougana

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 80229 Priority M

Related Vocabulary

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仮名草子

かなぞうし

kanazōshi

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

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