Pseudonym - Karina

Japanese: 仮り名 - かりな
Pseudonym - Karina

…Since Japan did not have ancient writing systems, Chinese characters were the first characters. Therefore, Chinese characters were called mana (meaning real characters), and the simplified characters created by abbreviating or cursive writing of mana were called karina. The phonetic form of this was called kanna, and the shortened form of this was kana. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "kana" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…日本には古来文字がなかったので,漢字が最初の文字であった。したがって漢字を真名(まな)(ほんとうの文字の意)とよび,真名を省略するか,草書化して作り出した簡略な文字を〈仮り名(かりな)〉とよんだ。その音便形が〈かんな〉で,それのつまった形が〈かな〉である。…

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