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万葉仮名万葉がな [sK]
まんようがな
1. [n]
▶ man'yōgana
▶ [expl] early Japanese syllabary of Chinese characters used phonetically
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2106820 男手【おのこで】 1. man'yōgana written in kaisho or gyōsho style
  ⇐ see: 1818310 草仮名【そうがな】 1. cursive form of man'yōgana; man'yōgana written in sōsho style
  ⇐ see: 2267460 借音【しゃくおん】 1. using the Chinese-reading of kanji to represent native Japanese words (irrespective of the kanji's actual meaning)
  ⇐ see: 2148300 音仮名【おんがな】 1. kanji used to represent syllables, based on their "on" readings (prior to the advent of kana)
  ⇐ see: 2843640 草勝ち【そうがち】 1. mixed cursive-style man'yōgana and hiragana writing
  ⇐ see: 2721490 男仮名【おとこがな】 1. kanji used as phonetic symbols; man'yōgana



History:
5. A 2023-10-04 22:07:22  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Shorter.
  Diff:
@@ -17 +17 @@
-<gloss g_type="expl">early Japanese syllabary composed of Chinese characters used phonetically</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="expl">early Japanese syllabary of Chinese characters used phonetically</gloss>
4. A* 2023-10-04 20:52:45  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
〈万/まん/マン〉〈葉/よう/ヨウ〉〈仮/が/ガ〉〈名/な/ナ〉

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーーー─┬────────┬───────╮
│ 万葉仮名   │ 12,996 │ 93.4% │
│ 万葉がな   │    679 │  4.9% │ - add, sK (seen in a kokugo)
│ まんようがな │    232 │  1.7% │
╰─ーーーーーー─┴────────┴───────╯
  Diff:
@@ -5,0 +6,4 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>万葉がな</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -13 +17 @@
-<gloss>early Japanese syllabary composed of Chinese characters used phonetically</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="expl">early Japanese syllabary composed of Chinese characters used phonetically</gloss>
3. A 2015-08-28 06:54:50  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
2. A* 2015-08-15 02:20:27  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
It's not really idiomatic, and hence should not get a yoji tag.
  Diff:
@@ -12 +12 @@
-<misc>&yoji;</misc>
+<gloss>man'yōgana</gloss>
1. A 2014-08-25 02:52:00  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Kanji Haitani list
  Comments:
Adding yoji tagAdding yoji tag
-*- via bulkupd.py -*-
  Diff:
@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<misc>&yoji;</misc>

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