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四つ仮名
四つ仮名
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 四 | 仮 | 名 |
| Grade: 1 | Grade: 5 | Grade: 1 |
Noun
四つ仮名 (hiragana よつがな, romaji yotsugana)
- (phonetics) The four kana ぢ (ji), じ (ji), づ (zu), and ず (zu), which today have among them only two pronunciations in standard Japanese, but were at one point pronounced in four distinct ways.
Descendants
- English: yotsugana
References
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四つ仮名 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ja