仮名

Јапански

Etymology 1

From . Compound of , from the way that Chinese characters were borrowed for their phonetic values to spell out the sounds of native Japanese words.

In contrast to , a synonym for , indicating Chinese characters used for the meaning instead of for their sound.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かりな [kàríná] (Heiban – [0])
• МФА^(key): [ka̠ɾʲina̠]

Noun

1. a category of Japanese syllabary scripts: kana
2. a syllabogram, an individual character belonging to one of the syllabaries: kana
3. a temporary name, an alias

Synonyms

Synonyms

• (alias): : changed name; : false or fictitious name

Antonyms

Antonyms

• (alias): : actual name; : real name

Etymology 2

/karina/ → /kanna/

Contraction of karina above.

Pronunciation

• МФА^(key): [kã̠nːa̠]

Noun

1. a category of Japanese syllabary scripts: kana
2. a syllabogram, an individual character belonging to one of the syllabaries: kana

Etymology 3

/karina/ → /kanna/ → /kana/

Contraction of kanna above. The reading may appear to be jūbakoyomi, but is instead actually an irregular development of the kun'yomi.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かな [kàná] (Heiban – [0])
• МФА^(key): [ka̠na̠]

Noun

1. a category of Japanese syllabary scripts: kana
2. a syllabogram, an individual character belonging to one of the syllabaries: kana
   • Шаблон:RQ:Nippo Jisho

     Cana. カナ (仮名・仮字) 日本の文字の一種. Cananiyù. (仮名に言ふ) 皆の人がわかるように, やさしく話す.

Derived terms

Изведени термини

Etymology 4

From 假名 (literally “borrowed; false + name”) 假名 (kæ^X mjieng). The kan'on reading, so probably a somewhat later borrowing from Chinese. Compare modern Cantonese reading gaa² meng^4-2.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かめー [kàméé] (Heiban – [0])
• МФА^(key): [ka̠me̞ː]

Noun

1. pseudonym, alias, sobriquet, pen name

Synonyms

Synonyms

• : changed name; : false or name

Antonyms

Antonyms

• : actual name
• : real name

Etymology 5

/kemjau/ → /kemjɔː/ → /kemjoː/

From 假名 (literally “borrowed; false + name”) 假名 (kæ^X mjieng, literally “borrowed; false + name”). The goon reading, so probably an earlier borrowing from Chinese. Compare modern Min Nan reading ké-miâ.

The Buddhist sense derives from use of this term in Chinese as a translation of Sanskrit प्रज्ञप्ति (prajñapti, “appointing → provisional naming”), used in some Buddhist schools to refer to the practice of conceptualising and naming things that are not real.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) けみょー [kèmyóó] (Heiban – [0])
• МФА^(key): [ke̞mʲo̞ː]

Noun

1. a pseudonym, an alias, sobriquet, pen name
2. in feudal Japan, a public name given to boys upon coming of age, after which their birth names would be kept private
3. a provisional name given to someone when the real name is unknown: compare English Jane Doe, John Doe
4. (Buddhism) the conceptualisation and provisional naming of things that are not real; something so named

Synonyms

Synonyms

• (pseudonym): : changed name; : false name
• (public name): : calling or addressing name; : common appellation; : popular or everyday appellation

Antonyms

Antonyms

• (alias): : actual name; : real name
• (public name): : actual name

References

• Doi, Tadao (1603–1604) Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1980, →ISBN.