Kanji and Kana mixed text

Japanese: 漢字仮名混じり文 - かんじかなまじりぶん
Kanji and Kana mixed text

...This is due to the value placed on writing in Chinese characters, the fact that classical Chinese was an essential part of education for the intellectual class, including monks, and also due to the fact that Chinese characters are more ideographic than hiragana, which has one sound per character. Furthermore, the Japanese reading of classical Chinese is the basis of existing mixed Chinese and kana writing, and the text of the Konjaku Monogatarishu can be said to be its forerunner. The role of classical Chinese remains unchanged even in the early modern period, and it was at the center of scholarship in the Edo period. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "mixed kanji and kana writing" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…このことは,漢字で文章を綴ることへの価値意識が背景になっているとともに,漢文が僧侶を含めた知識階級にとって必須の教養であったこと,さらには,漢字が1字1音の平仮名にくらべて表意的であるという文字言語としての特徴にも由来すると思われる。また,漢文を訓読した訓読文は,現存の漢字仮名混じり文の母体であり,《今昔物語集》の文章はその先駆けといえるだろう。近世においても漢文の役割は依然として変わらず,江戸時代の学問の中心をなす。…

※「漢字仮名混じり文」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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