片仮名

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Japanese

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Etymology

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Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Kanji in this term
かた
Grade: 6

Grade: 5

Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
片假名 (kyūjitai)

Compound of (kata, part) +‎ 仮名 (kana). is in turn a cognate with (kata).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(かた)()() or 片仮名(カタカナ) (katakana

  1. Katakana, a set of Japanese syllabary characters, secondary to hiragana, derived from portions of Chinese characters whose sounds approximate the Japanese sound being represented. Chiefly thought of as being used for loanwords (cf. カタカナ語 (loanword, literally katakana word)), it has a number of other uses too, complementing hiragana; see Katakana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN