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Man'yōgana

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is an ancient writing system that employs Chinese characters to represent the Japanese language, and was the first known kana system to be developed as a means to represent the Japanese language phonetically. [1]

82 relations: A (kana), Ateji, Baekje, Chi (kana), Chinese characters, Clerical script, Cursive, Cursive script (East Asia), E (kana), Fu (kana), Ha (kana), He (kana), Hentaigana, Hi (kana), Hiragana, Ho (kana), I (kana), Idu script, Inariyama Sword, Japanese language, Japanese poetry, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, Jōyō kanji, Ka (kana), Kana, Kanji, Kantō region, Katakana, Ke (kana), Ki (kana), Ko (kana), Ku (kana), Kyushu, Loanword, Ma (kana), Man'yōshū, Me (kana), Mi (kana), Mo (kana), Monosyllabic language, Mora (linguistics), Mu (kana), N (kana), Na (kana), Nara period, Ne (kana), Ni (kana), No (kana), Nu (kana), O (kana), ..., Okinawan language, Old Japanese, Oracle bone script, Ra (kana), Re (kana), Regular script, Ri (kana), Ro (kana), Routledge, Ru (kana), Sa (kana), Saitama Prefecture, Se (kana), Seal script, Shi (kana), So (kana), Su (kana), Syllabary, Syllable, Ta (kana), Te (kana), To (kana), Tsu (kana), U (kana), Wa (kana), We (kana), Wi (kana), Wo (kana), Writing system, Ya (kana), Yo (kana), Yu (kana). Expand index (32 more) »

A (kana)

あ in hiragana or ア in katakana (romanised a) is one of the Japanese kana that each represent one mora.

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Ateji

In modern Japanese, principally refer to kanji used to phonetically represent native or borrowed words with less regard to the underlying meaning of the characters.

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Baekje

Baekje (18 BC – 660 AD) was a kingdom located in southwest Korea.

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Chi (kana)

ち, in hiragana, or チ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora.

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Chinese characters

Chinese characters are logograms primarily used in the writing of Chinese and Japanese.

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Clerical script

The clerical script (Japanese: 隷書体, reishotai; Vietnamese: lệ thư), also formerly chancery script, is an archaic style of Chinese calligraphy which evolved from the Warring States period to the Qin dynasty, was dominant in the Han dynasty, and remained in use through the Wei-Jin periods.

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Cursive

Cursive (also known as script or longhand, among other names) is any style of penmanship in which some characters are written joined together in a flowing manner, generally for the purpose of making writing faster.

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Cursive script (East Asia)

Cursive script, often mistranslated as grass script, is a style of Chinese calligraphy.

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E (kana)

In Japanese writing, the kana え (hiragana) and エ (katakana) (romanised e) occupy the fourth place, between う and お, in the modern Gojūon (五十音) system of collating kana.

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Fu (kana)

ふ, in hiragana, or フ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora.

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Ha (kana)

は, in hiragana, or ハ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represent one mora.

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He (kana)

へ, in hiragana, or ヘ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which represents one mora.

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Hentaigana

In the Japanese writing system, are obsolete or nonstandard hiragana.

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Hi (kana)

ひ, in hiragana, or ヒ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora.

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Hiragana

is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system, along with katakana, kanji, and in some cases rōmaji (Latin script).

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Ho (kana)

ほ, in hiragana, or ホ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora.

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I (kana)

い in hiragana or イ in katakana (romanised as i) is one of the Japanese kana each of which represents one mora.

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Idu script

Idu (이두, hanja: 讀, meaning official's reading) is an archaic writing system that represents the Korean language using hanja.

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Inariyama Sword

The iron or was excavated at the Inariyama Kofun in 1968.

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Japanese language

is an East Asian language spoken by about 128 million people, primarily in Japan, where it is the national language.

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Japanese poetry

Japanese poetry is poetry of or typical of Japan, or written, spoken, or chanted in the Japanese language, which includes Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese, and Modern Japanese, and some poetry in Japan which was written in the Chinese language or ryūka from the Okinawa Islands: it is possible to make a more accurate distinction between Japanese poetry written in Japan or by Japanese people in other languages versus that written in the Japanese language by speaking of Japanese-language poetry.

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Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai

is an archaic kana orthography system used to write Japanese during the Nara period.

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Jōyō kanji

The is the guide to kanji characters and their readings, announced officially by the Japanese Ministry of Education.

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Ka (kana)

か, in hiragana, or カ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora.

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Kana

are syllabic Japanese scripts, a part of the Japanese writing system contrasted with the logographic Chinese characters known in Japan as kanji (漢字).

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Kanji

Kanji (漢字) are the adopted logographic Chinese characters that are used in the Japanese writing system.

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Kantō region

The is a geographical area of Honshu, the largest island of Japan.

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Katakana

is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji, and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji).

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Ke (kana)

け, in hiragana, or ケ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora.

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Ki (kana)

き, in hiragana, キ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora.

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Ko (kana)

こ, in hiragana, or コ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora.

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Ku (kana)

く, in hiragana, or ク in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora.

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Kyushu

is the third largest island of Japan and most southwesterly of its four main islands.

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Loanword

A loanword (also loan word or loan-word) is a word adopted from one language (the donor language) and incorporated into another language without translation.

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Ma (kana)

ま, in hiragana, or マ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora.

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Man'yōshū

The is the oldest existing collection of Japanese poetry, compiled sometime after AD 759 during the Nara period.

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Me (kana)

め, in hiragana, or メ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora.

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Mi (kana)

み, in hiragana, or ミ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora.

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Mo (kana)

も, in hiragana, or モ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora.

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Monosyllabic language

A monosyllabic language is a language in which words predominantly consist of a single syllable.

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Mora (linguistics)

A mora (plural morae or moras; often symbolized μ) is a unit in phonology that determines syllable weight, which in some languages determines stress or timing.

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Mu (kana)

む, in hiragana, or ム in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora.

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N (kana)

ん, in hiragana, or ン in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora.

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Na (kana)

な, in hiragana, or ナ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora.

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Nara period

The of the history of Japan covers the years from AD 710 to 794.

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Ne (kana)

, in hiragana, or ネ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora.

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Ni (kana)

に, in hiragana, or ニ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora.

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No (kana)

の, in hiragana, and ノ, in katakana, are Japanese kana, both representing one mora.

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Nu (kana)

Nu, ぬ in hiragana, or ヌ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana each representing one mora.

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O (kana)

In Japanese writing, the kana お (hiragana) and オ (katakana) occupy the fifth place, between え and か, in the modern Gojūon (五十音) system of collating kana.

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Okinawan language

Central Okinawan, or simply the Okinawan language (沖縄口/ウチナーグチ Uchinaaguchi), is a Northern Ryukyuan language spoken primarily in the southern half of the island of Okinawa, as well as in the surrounding islands of Kerama, Kumejima, Tonaki, Aguni, and a number of smaller peripheral islands.

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Old Japanese

is the oldest attested stage of the Japanese language.

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Oracle bone script

Oracle bone script was the form of Chinese characters used on oracle bonesanimal bones or turtle plastrons used in pyromantic divinationin the late 2nd millennium BCE, and is the earliest known form of Chinese writing.

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Ra (kana)

ら, in hiragana, or ラ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora.

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Re (kana)

れ, in hiragana, or レ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora.

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Regular script

Regular script (Hepburn: kaisho), also called 正楷, 真書 (zhēnshū), 楷體 (kǎitǐ) and 正書 (zhèngshū), is the newest of the Chinese script styles (appearing by the Cao Wei dynasty ca. 200 CE and maturing stylistically around the 7th century), hence most common in modern writings and publications (after the Ming and gothic styles, used exclusively in print).

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Ri (kana)

り, in hiragana, or リ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represent one mora.

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Ro (kana)

ろ, in hiragana, or ロ in katakana, (romanised as ro) is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora.

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Routledge

Routledge is a British multinational publisher.

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Ru (kana)

る, in hiragana, or ル in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represent one mora.

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Sa (kana)

さ, in hiragana, or サ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora.

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Saitama Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region.

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Se (kana)

せ, in hiragana, or セ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora.

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Seal script

Seal script is an ancient style of writing Chinese characters that was common throughout the latter half of the 1st millennium BC.

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Shi (kana)

し, in hiragana, or シ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora.

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So (kana)

そ, in hiragana, or ソ, in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora.

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Su (kana)

す, in hiragana, or ス in katakana is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora.

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Syllabary

A syllabary is a set of written symbols that represent the syllables or (more frequently) moras which make up words.

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Syllable

A syllable is a unit of organization for a sequence of speech sounds.

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Ta (kana)

た, in hiragana, or タ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora.

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Te (kana)

て, in hiragana, or テ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora.

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To (kana)

と, in hiragana, or ト in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora.

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Tsu (kana)

つ, in hiragana, or ツ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora.

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U (kana)

う in hiragana or ウ in katakana (romanised u) is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora.

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Wa (kana)

わ, in hiragana, or ワ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora.

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We (kana)

ゑ, in hiragana, or ヱ in katakana, is a nearly obsolete Japanese kana.

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Wi (kana)

ゐ, in hiragana, or ヰ in katakana, is a nearly obsolete Japanese kana, each of which represent one mora.

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Wo (kana)

を, in hiragana, or ヲ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represent one mora.

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Writing system

A writing system is any conventional method of visually representing verbal communication.

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Ya (kana)

や, in hiragana, or ヤ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora.

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Yo (kana)

よ, in hiragana, or ヨ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora.

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Yu (kana)

ゆ, in hiragana, or ユ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora.

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Man'yogana, Man'yougana, Manyogana, Manyoogana, Manyougana, Manyōgana, Shakukun, Shakuon, 万葉仮名.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man'yōgana

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