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Use of Japan's syllabic script in contemporary times
Modern kana usage (現代仮名遣い, gendai kanazukai) is the present official kanazukai (system of spelling the Japanese syllabary). Also known as new kana usage
Modern_kana_usage
Use of Japan's syllabic scripts before 1946
わらはう warahau. The kana づ du and ぢ di, which are mostly only used in rendaku in modern kana usage, are more common. Modern kana usage replaces them with
Historical_kana_orthography
Chinese characters; and phonographic kana, which evolved from cursives/components of Chinese characters. Modern kana consists of two sets of syllabaries:
Japanese_writing_system
Attempt to correlate standard spoken Japanese with the written word
usage had been developed in the 1920s. In the 1900 kana usage reforms, hentaigana (old variant forms of kana) were eliminated, though historical kana
Japanese_script_reform
Japanese syllabary
昭和21年内閣告示第33号 「現代かなづかい」 [Japanese Cabinet Order No.33 in 1946 – Modern kana usage] (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 6 October 2001. Retrieved
Katakana
1914 novel by Natsume Sōseki
Kokoro (こゝろ; or in modern kana usage こころ) is a 1914 Japanese novel by Natsume Sōseki, and the final part of a trilogy starting with To the Spring Equinox
Kokoro
Japanese syllabary
to modern spelling rules. There were words such as ぢばん jiban 'ground' in the historical kana usage, but they were unified under じ in the modern kana usage
Hiragana
Four kana in Japanese that are pronounced the same in some regions
Yotsugana (四つ仮名; literally "four kana") are a set of four specific kana, じ, ぢ, ず, づ (in the Nihon-shiki romanization system: zi, di, zu, du), used in the
Yotsugana
Character of the Japanese writing system
everyday usage; in onomatopoeia or foreign words, the katakana form 'ウェ' (U-[small-e]) is used, as in "ウェスト" for "west". The kana still sees some modern-day
We_(kana)
Japanese language romanization system
昭和21年内閣告示第33号 「現代かなづかい」 [Japanese Cabinet Order No.33 in 1946 - Modern kana usage] (in Japanese). Archived from the original on October 6, 2001. Retrieved
Hepburn_romanization
Literary form of Japanese, used until the early 20th century
historical kana usage—which is also referred to as "old kana usage" (旧仮名遣, kyū kana-zukai)—and the modern kana orthography, called "modern kana usage" (現代仮名遣
Classical_Japanese
Character of the Japanese writing system
A (hiragana: あ, katakana: ア) is a Japanese kana that represents the mora consisting of single vowel [a]. The hiragana character あ is based on the sōsho
A_(kana)
Satirical 1905–1906 novel by Natsume Sōseki
text (Kyūjitai and Historical kana orthography) at Aozora Bunko (in Japanese) Full text (Shinjitai and Modern kana usage) at Aozora Bunko (in English,
I_Am_a_Cat
Japanese syllabic writing systems
Kana (仮名; Japanese pronunciation: [ka.na]) are syllabaries used to write Japanese phonological units, morae. In current usage, kana most commonly refers
Kana
Character of the Japanese writing system
everyday usage; in onomatopoeia and foreign words, the katakana form 'ウィ' (U-[small-i]) is used for the mora /wi/. However, the kana still sees some modern-day
Wi_(kana)
Character of the Japanese writing system
Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. In the modern Japanese system of alphabetical order, they occupy the fifth place in the modern Gojūon
O_(kana)
Character of the Japanese writing system
Wo (hiragana: を, katakana: ヲ) is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. Historically, both are phonemically /wo/, reflected in the
Wo_(kana)
Two main types of verbs in the Japanese language
The term godan (五段) is a fairly modern coinage. During the time when modern kana usage was being adopted to write modern Japanese (口語, kōgo; lit. 'spoken
Japanese godan and ichidan verbs
Japanese_godan_and_ichidan_verbs
Intentional programs to alter language
Séigheadh became Ó Sé. Japanese (1946) – historical kana usage was replaced by modern kana usage, while the kanji system also transformed from Traditional
Language_reform
Japanese newspaper
resigned en masse. On 21 November 1946, the newspaper adopted the modern kana usage system (shin kanazukai). On 30 November 1949, the Asahi Shimbun started
The_Asahi_Shimbun
Character of the Japanese writing system
No (hiragana: の, katakana: ノ) are Japanese kana, both representing one mora. In the gojūon system of ordering of Japanese morae, it occupies the 25th position
No_(kana)
Japanese politician (1883–1966)
the Fundamental Law of Education, and the current Tōyō kanji and Modern kana usage guidelines. As Education Minister, he also stated that he felt it
Yoshishige_Abe
Katakana displayed at half their normal width
address labels. Their usage is sometimes also a stylistic choice, particularly frequent in certain Internet slang. The term "half-width kana", which strictly
Half-width_kana
Character or punctuation mark used to represent a duplicated character or word
jishi. While widespread in old Japanese texts, the kana iteration marks are generally not used in modern Japanese outside proper names, though they may appear
Iteration_mark
Diaphonemic transcription of Chinese
differ from contemporary written Chinese 她, but which follows Classical usage. Footnotes Chao (1983). Branner 2006:231. More recent diaphonemic systems
General_Chinese
Japanese pangram poem
(“'H'-row (kana) sound shift”, ハ行転呼). Due to phonological changes over history, the pangram poem no longer matches today's pronunciation of modern kana. The
Iroha
Chinese characters used in Japanese writing
to write texts in the vernacular Japanese language, resulting in the modern kana syllabaries. Around 650 CE, a writing system called man'yōgana (used
Kanji
Character of the Japanese writing system
Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. In the modern Japanese system of alphabetical order, they occupy the third place in the modern Gojūon
U_(kana)
Japanese diacritic signs
colloquially ten-ten (点々, 'dots'), is a diacritic most often used in the Japanese kana syllabaries to indicate that the consonant of a mora should be pronounced
Dakuten_and_handakuten
Orthographic rules for spelling
Kanazukai (仮(か)名(な)遣(づか)い, ‘kana usage’) are the orthographic rules for spelling Japanese in kana. All phonographic systems (of which kana is an example) attempt
Kanazukai
Japanese politician
a government body established to standardize the Tōyō kanji and Modern kana usage to simplify education. He was also a member of the Privy Council,
Hiroshi_Minami_(politician)
Japanese idiom
Sehnsucht Saudade Historical kana orthography: もののあはれ, modern kana: もののあわれ. The old kana form remains preferred in modern usage. "Men dancing to samisen music
Mono_no_aware
Kanji used for some Japanese words in a primarily phonetic sense
characters is called man'yōgana (万葉仮名), "alphabet of myriad leaves". The kana of modern Japanese, hiragana and katakana developed as organic simplifications
Ateji
System of writing Japanese based solely on Chinese characters
first known kana system to be developed as a means to phonetically transcribe the Japanese language. Dating of the earliest man'yōgana usage is not clear
Man'yōgana
Grammatical negation in the Arabic language
past-tense verb, but is used to negate present-tense sentences. As with كانَ kāna "was", the complement of laysa must be in the accusative case. Before consonantal
Negation_in_Arabic
Japanese style of ruby text
[ɸɯɾigaꜜna] or [ɸɯɾigana]) is a Japanese reading aid consisting of smaller kana (syllabic characters) printed either above or next to kanji (logographic
Furigana
Japanese kanji dictionary
giving Japanese pronunciations of characters in historical kana usage rather than modern, retaining for instance now-obsolete ゐ wi and ゑ we. Each individual
Dai_Kan-Wa_Jiten
Japanese language romanization system
Nihon-shiki, in "ISO 3602:1989. Documentation—Romanisation of Japanese (kana script)" by the ISO. It was also recommended by the ANSI after it withdrew
Kunrei-shiki
Kana suffixes following kanji stems in Japanese written words
(送り仮名; Japanese pronunciation: [okɯɾiɡana], "accompanying letters") are kana suffixes following kanji stems in Japanese written words. They serve two
Okurigana
Austronesian language of the Philippines
"Boholano" or "Bol-anon". Cebuano speakers in Leyte identify their dialect as Kanâ meaning that (Leyte Cebuano or Leyteño). Speakers in Mindanao and Luzon refer
Cebuano_language
Japanese writing variant of hiragana
[hentaiɡana] or [hentaꜜiɡana], lit. "variant kana") are variant forms of hiragana. In contrast to modern Japanese, hiragana historically had several distinct
Hentaigana
List standardized kanji in Japan
Foreign placenames and people's names are to be written in kana, except that traditional usage examples such as 米国 (beikoku, America) or 英国 (eikoku, England)
Tōyō_kanji
Ranking system used in East Asia
May 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2015. Satō, Keiji (23 December 2013). "Satomi Kana Joryū Sankan, Shōreikai Sandan ni Josei Hatsu no Kishi e Saishū Kanmon" 里見女流三冠
Dan_(rank)
Orthography of the Okinawan language
uses a superscript kana. 4: Hatsuon (moraic n) 5: Sokuon (geminated consonants) 6: Chōon (longer vowels): In conventional usages, longer vowels are sometimes
Okinawan_scripts
Braille script of the Japanese language
are identical to the question mark and full stop. These all parallel usage in kana. However, there are additional conventions which are unique to braille
Japanese_Braille
Grapheme which represents a word or a morpheme
the ideophonetic characters in modern Chinese". In Chen, Y. (ed.). Information Analysis of Usage of Characters in Modern Chinese (in Chinese). Shanghai
Logogram
literature also established its own style, with the significant usage and development of kana (仮名) to write Japanese literature. Following the end of the
Japanese_literature
Japonic language
the copula da, with a different verb, or with an adjective ending in the kana i (い). A sentence ending might also be decorated with particles that alter
Japanese_language
Professional name used by East Asian artists
often changed; this situation continued up to the 20th century. In early modern Japan, a woodblock print artist's first gō was usually given to them by
Art_name
Standard form of Mandarin Chinese
characters were traditionally read from top to bottom, right to left, but in modern usage it is more common to read from left to right. Article 1 of the Universal
Standard_Chinese
Moral code of the samurai
explained the theoretical aspects of bushido. It was written with accessible kana and intended for commoners, not warriors. It was very popular, demonstrating
Bushido
Continuous group of 65536 Unicode code points
Supplement (18D80-18DFF) Kana Extended-B (1AFF0–1AFFF) Kana Supplement (1B000–1B0FF) Kana Extended-A (1B100–1B12F) Small Kana Extension (1B130–1B16F) Nushu
Plane_(Unicode)
Kanji reading based on the native Japanese pronunciation
words, the character commonly represents part of the stem and following kana, called okurigana, represent inflectional material, as in 書く (かく, kaku, "to
Kun'yomi
Country in East Asia
country. Japanese writing uses kanji (Chinese characters) and two sets of kana (syllabaries based on cursive script and radicals used by kanji), as well
Japan
26 letters in two cases broadly used in international communication
achieve widespread acceptance, this encapsulation was based on popular usage. The standard was based on the already published American Standard Code
ISO_basic_Latin_alphabet
Japanese noble title
court rank of Fifth Rank is called Taifu. Although the kana form of the title is "taifu", in modern Japanese the pronunciation would be "tayū". The government
Taifu
Traditional Chinese unit of length
Due to its long history and its widespread usage, chi (along with cun) has also seen metaphorical usages in the Chinese language. For example, chi cun
Chi_(unit)
Vietnamese writing script that was used during the Revival Lê dynasty
Logographic Period Revival Lê dynasty to 19th century, present (limited usage) Languages Literary Chinese, Vietnamese Related scripts Parent systems Oracle
Lệnh_thư
Buddhist wooden percussion instrument
9 in), for laity use or sole daily practice, or to 1.2 metres (3.9 ft) for usage in temples. Wooden fish are often (in Chinese temples) placed on the left
Wooden_fish
Encoding for Traditional Chinese characters
extended characters to be added; for example, Cyrillic letters and Japanese kana have been placed in the zone associated with "frequently-used characters"
Big5
Fictional character in Gundam franchise
Prospera inspired by William Shakespeare's The Tempest. Her voice actress are Kana Ichinose and Jill Harris. Critical response to Suletta's character has been
Suletta_Mercury
Exceptions to Japanese verb conjugation rules
"regular" modern godan verb aru), imasugari (いますがり), wori (居り) (modern oru) and faberi (侍り) (modern haberu). Ra-gyō (ラ行) refers to a group of kana in the
Japanese_irregular_verbs
Sino-Tibetan language
later replaced with the hangul alphabet for Korean and supplemented with kana syllabaries for Japanese, while Vietnamese continued to be written with the
Chinese_language
Arrangement of keys on a typographic keyboard
namely the Model M (1985), which was the basis for many modern keyboard layouts. The usage of a keyboard layout within a community is generally stable
Keyboard_layout
Family of abugida writing systems
today in Japan. The tabular presentation and dictionary order of the modern kana system of Japanese writing is believed to be descended from the Indic
Brahmic_scripts
Cultural concept for shared values of the Japanese people
Daijirin dictionary gives the kanji 大和魂, modern and historical kana spellings, two meanings, synonyms, and usage examples from Japanese literature. やまとだましい[―だましひ]4
Yamato-damashii
Motor vehicle
The Isuzu 810 (kana:いすゞ810) is a heavy duty truck that was produced by Isuzu. First introduced in 1983 as a successor to the Isuzu New Power (including
Isuzu_810
Romanization scheme for Standard Chinese
the scholars Yu Yue and Zhang Taiyan, Song had observed the effect of the kana syllabaries and Western learning during his visits to Japan.[which?] While
Pinyin
Logographic writing system
replaced the earlier convention. Modern Japanese retains the use of kanji to represent most word stems, while kana syllabograms are generally used for
Chinese_characters
common older example is tempura, which is usually written in mixed kanji/kana (mazegaki) as 天ぷら, but is also written as てんぷら, テンプラ, 天麩羅 (rare kanji) or
Loanwords_in_Japanese
1603 Japanese–Portuguese dictionary
the Latin alphabet exclusively, without Japanese characters (i.e. kanji or kana). Facsimile editions were published in Japan in 1960 by Iwanami Shoten and
Nippo_Jisho
Typographical symbol
U+30FB ・ KATAKANA MIDDLE DOT, with a fixed width that is the same as most kana characters, known as fullwidth. U+FF65 ・ HALFWIDTH KATAKANA MIDDLE DOT The
Middle_dot
slightly lightened up and had replaced nearly obsolete kana wi (ヰ) from katakana script with modern kana wa (ワ) and small i (ィ). A smooth breathing mark before
Wikipedia_logo
Fine powder green tea
grinding into matcha. This innovation contributed to the development of modern matcha, characterized by its vivid green color and rich umami flavor, the
Matcha
Stage name for Japanese kabuki actors
in modern revised Japanese, it was written with different characters, as (ゑび蔵), and thus is considered a separate name. See Historical kana usage. "Kabuki
Ichikawa_Ebizō
Basic elements of language
switching between kanji (characters borrowed from Chinese writing) and the two kana syllabaries. This is a fairly soft rule, because content words can also be
Word
Genus of plants
1098/rspb.2013.2582. ISSN 0962-8452. PMC 3843842. PMID 24258720. Tanaka, Kana; Uda, Yusuke; Ono, Yukiteru; Nakagawa, Tatsuro; Suwa, Makiko; Yamaoka, Ryohei;
Morus_(plant)
Punctuation used with Chinese characters
(U+3000 IDEOGRAPHIC SPACE: ⟨ ⟩). One instance of its usage is as an honorific marker. A modern example in 20th century Taiwan, is found in the reference
Chinese_punctuation
Chinese characters used in Korean writing
less total in South Korea where, although usage has declined over time, some Hanja remain in common usage in some contexts. Each Hanja is composed of
Hanja
Stage name of Kabuki actors
in modern revised Japanese, it was written with different characters, as (ゑび蔵), and thus is considered a separate name. See Historical kana usage. Fitzwilliam
Ichikawa_Danjūrō
became emperor and immediately reverted to chữ Hán. Despite its limited usage, a sizable body of literature in chữ Nôm had accumulated by the 19th century
History_of_writing_in_Vietnam
Pair of characters used to write one phoneme
beginning with n use the kana n character (written ん or ン) as a prefix instead. There are several conventions of Okinawan kana that involve subscript digraphs
Digraph_(orthography)
Phonological system of the Japanese language
historical kana usage, particularly that for classical Japanese. ou → oː au → ɔː → oː jeu → joː iu → juː These historical changes are still germane to modern grammatical
Japanese_phonology
came to be used in writing Japanese words phonetically, resulting in modern kana syllabaries. Japan adopted a writing system known as man'yōgana and used
List of Chinese–Japanese false friends
List_of_Chinese–Japanese_false_friends
Phonetic phenomenon in Uralic languages
plurals of kana 'hen' and lakana 'bedsheet' still show distinct treatment of the original *-ta (kanoja, lakanoita), the partitive singulars in modern Finnish
Consonant_gradation
Writing conventions of eastern Asian countries
horizontally or vertically. Chinese characters, Korean hangul, and Japanese kana may be oriented along either axis, as they consist mainly of disconnected
Horizontal and vertical writing in East Asian scripts
Horizontal_and_vertical_writing_in_East_Asian_scripts
Chinese-based Vietnamese writing system
alphabet created by Portuguese Jesuit missionaries, with the earliest known usage occurring in the 17th century, replaced chữ Nôm as the preferred way to
Chữ_Nôm
Writing system for Chinese in the Perso-Arabic script
madrasahs. It contains much Arabic and Persian religious lexicon, and no usage of Chinese characters. This system is relatively standardised, and could
Xiao'erjing
Kanji reading based on the original Chinese
This adaptation is one reason modern on'yomi can differ substantially from both reconstructed historical Chinese and modern Chinese pronunciations. Sino-Japanese
On'yomi
Characters used to denote numbers in Chinese
short scales in the West, there have been four systems in ancient and modern usage. The original one, with unique names for all powers of ten up to the
Chinese_numerals
Moon Kami in Shinto and Japanese mythology
Yamashiro Fudoki, it appears as “Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto.” When the Old Japanese kana usage is compared, the spellings are as follows: Kojiki Tsukuyomi: Yo乙・Mi甲 Nihon
Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto
Oldest extant collection of Japanese poetry
combination of these. Such usage of Chinese characters to phonetically represent Japanese syllables eventually led to the birth of kana, as they were created
Man'yōshū
Taiwanese list of Chinese characters
standard. Its character encoding plane order is set based on the frequency of usage. The characters set and typeface of CNS 11643 were established on the basis
Chart of Standard Forms of Common National Characters
Chart_of_Standard_Forms_of_Common_National_Characters
Dialect of Standard Mandarin
Cyrillic Bopomofo Cantonese Bopomofo Taiwanese Phonetic Symbols Taiwanese kana Taiwanese Hangul Xiao'erjing Nüshu Input methods Logographic Biaoxingma Boshiamy [zh]
Sichuanese_Standard_Chinese
ivory and are likely labels for other goods found in the grave. While sign usage in Mesopotamian tokens is attested c. 8000 BC, Egyptian writing appears
History_of_writing
Oldest recorded name of Japan
wokou4 倭寇 "(in ancient usage) the dwarf-pirates; the Japs", and wonu2 倭奴 "(used in ancient times) the Japanese; (in modern usage, derogatively) the Japs"
Wa_(name_of_Japan)
East Asian crop
historical kana orthography. The names azuki and aduki reflect the modern pronunciation アズキ (hiragana: あずき). All are meant to represent the same Modern Japanese
Adzuki_bean
colloquial readings Kanbun Idu Variants Zetian characters Derived systems Kana man'yōgana hiragana katakana Jurchen script Khitan large small Nüshu Bopomofo
Chinese characters for transcribing Slavonic
Chinese_characters_for_transcribing_Slavonic
Geographical region in Northeast Asia
encompassing the entirety of present-day Northeast China and parts of the modern-day Russian Far East south of the Uda River and the Tukuringra-Dzhagdy ranges
Manchuria
Japanese words of Chinese origin
words contained in modern Japanese dictionaries are kango, and that about 18–20% of words used in common speech are kango. The usage of such kango words
Sino-Japanese_vocabulary
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