Word Meaning 送り仮名

おくりがな okurigana

送り仮名 is read as おくりがな (okurigana) and means kana written after a kanji to complete the full (usually kun) reading of the word.

Meaning

English

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

Reading

Kana

おくりがな

Romaji

okurigana

Writing Variants

送りがな おくりがな okurigana

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 23 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 11447 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

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片仮名

かたかな

katakana

仮名

かめい

alias

平仮名

ひらがな

hiragana

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

万葉仮名

まんようがな

man'yōgana

音仮名

おんがな

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

Example Sentences

この漢字、送り仮名が間違ってるよ。

The okurigana on this kanji is wrong.