The Development of Japanese Kana

• 발행기관: 훈민정음학회
• 저자명: Tsukimoto Masayuki
• 간행물 정보: 『Scripta』Volume.3, 45~59쪽, 전체 15쪽
• 주제분류: 인문학 > 언어학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2011.08.30

영문 초록

Japan never developed any form of autonomous writing. Therefore, when the need for a system of writing arose, the only choice left to the Japanese was to borrow Chinese characters ‒ kanji ‒ from China. The introduction of Chinese characters dates back to the end of the fourth century or the beginning of the fifth, when they allegedly reached Japan via the Korean peninsula ‒ i.e. the kingdom of Paekche. Many Japanese today believe that, with the introduction of Chinese characters, it became immediately possible to write easily in Japanese, but historical evidence does not corroborate this thesis, and in fact it tells us a completely different story.

목차

I. Introduction

II. The Birth of Man’yōgana 万葉仮名

III. The Birth of the Phonogrammatic Syllabaries

IV. Conclusions

키워드

kanji kana hiragana katakana man’yō gana on readings kun readings phonogrammatic script