different between katakana vs manyogana

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

English

Etymology

From Japanese romanization man'y?gana of ????.

Noun

manyogana (uncountable)

1. An ancient/early Japanese syllabary in which Chinese characters represented sounds instead of their regular meaning as they again do today in the form of kanji; it was the predecessor of hiragana and katakana, present Japanese syllabaries; used in the Manyosh?, a poetic anthology.