伊呂波仮名

Japanese
Kanji in this term
伊 呂 波 仮 名
い
Jinmeiyō
(ateji)		 ろ
Grade: S
(ateji)		 は
Grade: 3
(ateji)		 かり > が
Grade: 5		 な
Grade: 1
goon irregular kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
伊呂波假名 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

伊呂波 (Iroha) +‎ 仮名 (kana), so called because historically, hiragana were arranged in 伊呂波順 (“Iroha order”), as opposed to katakana which were historically arranged in 五十音順 (literally “order of the fifty sounds”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) いろは​がな [ìróháꜜgànà] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [iɾo̞ha̠ɡa̠na̠]

Noun

伊(い)呂(ろ)波(は)仮(が)名(な) • (irohagana) 

  1. Synonym of 平仮名
    Coordinate term: 五十音仮名
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