振り仮名

Japanese
Kanji in this term
振 仮 名
ふ
Grade: S		 か > が
Grade: 5		 な
Grade: 1
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
振り假名 (kyūjitai)
振仮名
振りがな

Etymology

From 振り (furi, “assigning”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 振る (furu, “to assign, to stick on, to apportion”)) +‎ 仮名 (kana).[1][2] The kana changes to gana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

First cited to 1813.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

振(ふ)り仮(が)名(な) • (furigana) 

  1. [from 1813] smaller kana printed next to (vertical) or above (horizontal) non-kana text as pronunciation guide

Hypernyms

See also

References
  1. “振仮名”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  4. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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