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古之日本,有語而無文,不能筆錄,頗爲不便,故學字漢人。
初,行漢文書,訓讀而爲日語,不便記誦,故居常書物之不知漢名者,或通假以知之者、或轉記爲他物者,遂成通例,號萬葉假名。漢文之異于日文也,故有善擇字者,取捨而有隱語之能。
不習漢文者眾,遂草書、簡筆之,士人不屑,不入公文,謂女假名,而萬葉假名爲男假名者。讀漢書則以毛筆、角筆註於文右以助也。
明治維新以降,繩之而爲二式,一字一音,一音一字,合五十:草書之式謂平假名,楷書之式謂片假名。此二者皆日文之表音字也,亦可與漢字錯落雜用。
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