假名

jiǎmíng

noun #16,354

Meanings

1 false name
2 pseudonym
3 alias
4 Japanese kana writing system

Characters

false; fake; borrowed

Examples

HSK 5

他用假名登记了酒店。

Tā yòng jiǎmíng dēngjì le jiǔdiàn.

He checked into the hotel under a false name.

HSK 7-9

日语有平假名和片假名两种假名。

Rìyǔ yǒu píngjiǎmíng hé piànjiǎmíng liǎng zhǒng jiǎmíng.

Japanese has two types of kana: hiragana and katakana.

Tips

culture

In the Japanese writing system context, 假 means 'borrowed' (not 'fake'). Kana characters were borrowed/simplified from Chinese characters. 平假名 = hiragana, 片假名 = katakana.

Stroke Order

假 jiǎ

名 míng