man'yōgana
man'yōgana noun: the early Japanese syllabary using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds: the predecessor of hiragana and katakana.
Noun (1)
man'yōgana (uncountable)
Noun (2)
man'yōgana (plural man'yōgana)
- A man'yōgana character.
Forms of man'yōgana
| alternative form | manyogana |
|---|---|
| plural | man'yōgana |
Origin of man'yōgana
From Japanese 万(まん)葉(よう)仮(が)名(な) (man'yōgana).
Words that rhyme with man'yōgana
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- Guadiana
- ikebana
- kana
- mana
- mañana
- nana
- nirvana
- poinciana
- Rilkeana
- yana
- Alaskana
- Arthuriana
- Australiana
- Bondiana
- breweriana
- bwana
- Canadiana
- Chauceriana
- comicana
- cricketana
- dhyana
- Disneyana
- Edwardiana
- fata morgana
- fistiana
- Forteana
- ghana
- golfiana
- Guyana
- hentaigana
- Johnsoniana
- Kellyana
- Kiwiana
- liana
- librariana
- militariana
- ohana
- omniana
- parmigiana
- Pompeiana
- prana
- Qiana
- railroadiana
- railwayana
- Rosh Hashanah
- Setswana
- Shakespeareana
- Shaviana
Questions about man'yōgana
- What does man'yōgana mean?
- Man'yōgana means the early Japanese syllabary using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds: the predecessor of hiragana and katakana.
- What part of speech is man'yōgana?
- Man'yōgana is a noun.
- What is the plural of man'yōgana?
- The plural of man'yōgana is man'yōgana.
Words near man'yōgana in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: man'yōgana (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “man'yōgana.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/man%27y%C5%8Dgana. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.