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How to say 'Kana usage' in Japanese | 仮名遣い

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The Japanese word for Kana usage is 'Kanazukai', written as 仮名遣い in Japanese.'Kana usage' in hiragana is かなづかい.

    word

    仮名遣い

    Meaning

    Kana usage

    Reading

    かなづかい

    kanazukai

    Kanji

    仮Temporary 名Name 遣Use, Dispatch

    Explanation

    The Japanese noun '仮名遣い (かなづかい)' refers to the rules or conventions for using kana (the Japanese syllabaries, hiragana and katakana) in writing. It specifically deals with how kana are used to represent sounds and words in the Japanese language. Historically, there have been different systems of kana usage, such as historical kana usage (歴史的仮名遣い, れきしてきかなづかい) and modern kana usage (現代仮名遣い, げんだいかなづかい). Example sentences: Correct kana usage is important「正しい仮名遣いが大切です」(ただしいかなづかいがたいせつです). Learning historical kana usage is difficult「歴史的仮名遣いを学ぶのは難しい」(れきしてきかなづかいをまなぶのはむずかしい).

    Part Of Speech

    noun

    Kanji JLPT

    N1

    Kanji Grade

    7

    Frequency

    4394

    Composition

    kanji-hiragana

    Handwriting

Kanji in the Word 仮名遣い

This word contains 3 kanji characters:

  • kanji

    仮

    Meaning

    Temporary

  • kanji

    名

    Meaning

    Name

  • kanji

    遣

    Meaning

    Use, Dispatch

Hiragana in the Word 仮名遣い

This word contains 1 Hiragana character :

  • hiragana

    い

    Reading

    I

Words Related to 仮名遣い Through the Kanji 仮

These 9 Words contain the Kanji 仮 as well.

  • word

    片仮名

    Meaning

    Katakana

  • word

    平仮名

    Meaning

    Hiragana

  • word

    仮令

    Meaning

    Even

  • word

    送り仮名

    Meaning

    Okurigana

  • word

    仮

    Meaning

    Temporary

  • word

    仮に

    Meaning

    Temporarily, Hypothetically

  • word

    仮名

    Meaning

    Kana

  • word

    仮説

    Meaning

    Hypothesis

  • word

    振り仮名

    Meaning

    Furigana

Words Related to 仮名遣い Through the Kanji 名

These 29 Words contain the Kanji 名 as well.

  • word

    名

    Meaning

    Name

  • word

    片仮名

    Meaning

    Katakana

  • word

    平仮名

    Meaning

    Hiragana

  • word

    名前

    Meaning

    Name

  • word

    名字

    Meaning

    Surname

  • word

    有名

    Meaning

    Famous

  • word

    送り仮名

    Meaning

    Okurigana

  • word

    人名

    Meaning

    Name

  • word

    国名

    Meaning

    Country name

  • word

    名称

    Meaning

    Name

  • word

    名誉

    Meaning

    Honor

  • word

    宛名

    Meaning

    Addressee

  • word

    大名

    Meaning

    Feudal lord

  • word

    名乗る

    Meaning

    Introduce

  • word

    名付ける

    Meaning

    Name

  • word

    名詞

    Meaning

    Noun

  • word

    名義

    Meaning

    Name, Title

  • word

    署名

    Meaning

    Signature

  • word

    仮名

    Meaning

    Kana

  • word

    地名

    Meaning

    Placename

  • word

    名人

    Meaning

    Master

  • word

    名所

    Meaning

    Famous place

  • word

    名物

    Meaning

    Specialty

  • word

    題名

    Meaning

    Title

  • word

    名刺

    Meaning

    Business card

  • word

    名札

    Meaning

    Name tag

  • word

    振り仮名

    Meaning

    Furigana

  • word

    代名詞

    Meaning

    Pronoun

  • word

    名簿

    Meaning

    Roster

Words Related to 仮名遣い Through the Kanji 遣

These 7 Words contain the Kanji 遣 as well.

  • word

    遣る

    Meaning

    Give, Do

  • word

    小遣い

    Meaning

    Pocket money

  • word

    遣り取り

    Meaning

    Exchange

  • word

    言葉遣い

    Meaning

    Wording

  • word

    遣る気

    Meaning

    Motivation

  • word

    派遣

    Meaning

    Dispatch, Temporary

  • word

    無駄遣い

    Meaning

    Waste

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