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manyogana

manyogana is the alternative form of man'yōgana.

Meaning of man'yōgana

Noun (1)

man'yōgana (uncountable)

  1. The early Japanese syllabary using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds: the predecessor of hiragana and katakana.

Noun (2)

man'yōgana (plural man'yōgana)

  1. (broadly) A man'yōgana character.

Questions about manyogana

What is manyogana the alternative form of?
Manyogana is the alternative form of man'yōgana.

Words near manyogana in the dictionary

  1. manyhanded
  2. manyhandedly
  3. manyhandedness
  4. manyhood
  5. manyness
  6. manyogana
  7. manyplies
  8. manyroot
  9. Manys
  10. manyseed
  11. manyseeds

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Adapted from Wiktionary: manyogana (page history and authors); 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.

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