| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 真 | 仮 | 名 |
| ま Grade: 3 | かり > が Grade: 5 | な Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi | irregular | kun'yomi |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 眞假名(kyūjitai) |
真(“true”) +仮名. It is called "true", as opposed tohiragana andkatakana which no longer retain the original shape of the Han characters (kanji) they derive from, even though it is still "false" as a type of仮名(kana, literally“false name”) because it is used phonetically. See also真名(mana,“non-phonetic kanji”, literally“true name”) and真片仮名(shinkatakana,“non-phonetic kanji and katakana”).