Man'yōgana

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Man'yōgana is an ancient Japanese writing system that used Chinese characters phonetically and served as a precursor to the modern hiragana and katakana syllabaries.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Man’yōgana 5
Man'yōgana canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese writing system ⓘ
historical writing system ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
basedOn Chinese writing ⓘ
characterSelection multiple kanji for same syllable ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Japan ⓘ
derivationProcess abbreviation of components led to katakana ⓘ
simplification led to hiragana ⓘ
distinctFrom kanbun ⓘ
modern kana orthography ⓘ
earliestAttestedCentury 7th century ⓘ
floruitCentury 8th century ⓘ
hasTransliterationTarget hiragana ⓘ
katakana ⓘ
historicalRegion Yamato ⓘ
influenced Japanese kana ⓘ
language Japanese ⓘ
nameEtymology named after the Man'yōshū anthology ⓘ
notableUsage Man'yōshū ⓘ
orthographicFeature multiple spellings for same word ⓘ
no fixed standard set of characters ⓘ
precursorOf hiragana ⓘ
katakana ⓘ
primaryFunction phonetic representation of Japanese ⓘ
replacedBy hiragana ⓘ
katakana ⓘ
represents Japanese morae ⓘ
Japanese syllables ⓘ
scriptFamily kana ancestry ⓘ
scriptUsage mixed phonetic and semantic use of kanji ⓘ
timePeriod Nara period ⓘ
usedBy Buddhist monks ⓘ
aristocracy ⓘ
court poets ⓘ
usedFor official documents ⓘ
personal correspondence ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
usedIn Japan ⓘ
usesPrinciple phonetic use of Chinese characters ⓘ
rebus principle ⓘ
usesScript Chinese characters ⓘ
kanji ⓘ
writingDirection right-to-left horizontal (historical) ⓘ
vertical ⓘ
writingMedium bamboo strips ⓘ
paper ⓘ
wooden tablets ⓘ
writingSystemStatus obsolete ⓘ
writingSystemType logographic-phonetic system ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Man'yōshū → script → Man'yōgana ⓘ
Old Japanese → writingSystem → Man'yōgana ⓘ
Ō no Yasumaro → usedWritingSystem → Man’yōgana ⓘ
linked to: Man'yōgana
Katakana → developedFrom → Man’yōgana ⓘ
linked to: Man'yōgana
Yamabe no Akahito → writingSystem → Man'yōgana ⓘ
Early Middle Japanese → writingSystem → Man’yōgana ⓘ
linked to: Man'yōgana
Nara court culture → usesWritingSystem → Man’yōgana ⓘ
linked to: Man'yōgana
Elegy on the Death of a Child → script → Man’yōgana ⓘ
linked to: Man'yōgana