an orthographic technique utilizing Chinese characters in a way that maps the Chinese pronunciation, or such an approximation, to Japanese sounds to write Japanese words

an orthographic technique utilizing Chinese characters in a way that maps character semantics to Japanese words to write Japanese words

small okurigana used with kanbun, sutegana / small kana used for diphthongs, sutegana

(history) a syllabary with characters drawn from kanji, such as the 万葉仮名 (Man'yōgana), that is the precursor to hiragana and katakana

(collective) 平仮名 (hiragana) and 片仮名 (katakana)

Synonym of 片仮名

Synonym of 平仮名

"correct kana": Synonym of 歴史的仮名遣い (rekishiteki kanazukai, “historical kana usage”)

"old kana": Synonym of 歴史的仮名遣い (rekishiteki kanazukai, “historical kana usage”)

"new kana": Synonym of 現代仮名遣い (gendai kanazukai, “modern kana usage”)