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

  1. kana written after a kanji to complete the full (usually kun) reading of the word
  2. 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 11196 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

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仮名

かめい

alias

平仮名

ひらがな

hiragana

片仮名

かたかな

katakana

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

新仮名

しんかな

new kana orthography (1946 reform, amended 1986)

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