different between hentaigana vs katakana

English

Etymology

From Japanese ???? (hentaigana).

Noun

hentaigana (plural hentaigana)

1. Obsolete, now-non-standard hiragana.
   • 1985, Earl Miner, Hiroko Odagiri, and Robert E. Morrell, The Princeton Companion to Classical Japanese Literature, Princeton University Press, ?ISBN, page 281,

     Modern hiragana is a descendant of various earlier versions now usually called hentaigana.

Related terms

• hiragana
• katakana
• man'y?gana

Translations

See also

• hentaigana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Japanese

Romanization

hentaigana

1. R?maji transcription of ??????

English

Etymology

From Japanese ???(????) (katakana).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kæt??kæn?/, /?k?t??k??n?/
• Rhymes: -æn?, -??n?

Noun

katakana (plural katakana or katakanas)

1. (uncountable) A Japanese syllabary used when writing words borrowed from foreign languages other than Chinese, specific names of plants and animals and other jargon, onomatopoeia, or to emphasize a word or phrase. Also used to write the Ainu language.
2. A character thereof.

Related terms

• hentaigana
• hiragana
• man'y?gana

Translations

See also

• Index:Japanese Kana

Finnish

Etymology

From Japanese ??? (katakana).

Noun

katakana

1. katakana (syllabary)
2. katakana (letter of the syllabary)

Declension

Japanese

Romanization

katakana

1. R?maji transcription of ????
2. R?maji transcription of ????

Polish

Etymology

From Japanese ??? (katakana).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ta?ka.na/

Noun

katakana f

1. katakana

Declension

Portuguese

Etymology

From Japanese ??? (katakana).

Noun

katakana m (uncountable)

1. katakana (Japanese syllabary)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Japanese ??? (katakana).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /katak?na/
• Hyphenation: ka?ta?ka?na

Noun

katakàna f (Cyrillic spelling ?????????)

1. katakana

Declension