仮名文

Japanese

Kanji in this term
仮	名	文
か Grade: 5	な Grade: 1	ふみ > ぶみ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 仮名 (kana, “syllabic letter”) +‎ 文 (fumi, “letter, document”). The fumi changes to bumi as an instance of rendaku (連濁). .[1]

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- IPA^(key): [ka̠na̠bɯ̟ᵝmʲi]

Noun

仮名文 (hiragana かなぶみ, rōmaji kanabumi)

a letter written in kana script (as opposed to kanji)
- 1603–1604, Nippo Jisho (page 86)
  Canabumi. カナブミ (仮名文) 仮名(cana)文字で書いてある手紙.

See also

真名文 (まなぶみ) (manabumi)

References

1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

Doi, Tadao (1603–1604) Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1980, →ISBN.

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