On the arrangement of Japanese pseudonyms

When it comes to learning Japanese pseudonyms, we usually say that it started with "ぁぃぅぇぉ". In fact, there is a pseudonym order, which used to be very popular. The command of "ぃろはにほへと" is like this. We often use ABC to describe the most basic knowledge of things, and the Japanese often use "ぃろは" to express the same meaning.

The source of this order is that in the Heian period of ancient Japan, Buddhist masters wrote poems according to the teachings of Buddhist classics-"Color Leaf Song", also known as "Irubo Song". In Japanese, both "Seye" and "Lu Boyi" are pronounced as "ぃろは". The order of pen names in this poem is different from that of "ぁぃぅぇぉ ",and there is no repetition. Pseudonyms such as "ぃぅぇ" are repeatedly used in five-tone diagrams. There are five pseudonyms repeatedly used in Modern Pseudonyms Table. The ancient pen name in the "わゐぅゑを" (modern ゐぃゑぇ). So there are three duplicate ancient pseudonyms on the map of Isuzu. In the song "ぃろは", there are 47, and the tone of "ん" is 48, and none of them are repeated.

The order of "ぃろはにほへと" comes from the poem "The Song of Irubo" by a Buddhist master, but it has been revised. Here, the original poem is published first, and then the revised pseudonym order is introduced to everyone.

-"Song of Ilubo"

After revision, ぃろははは はは はは ははははははははははは𞑟𞑟𞑟12399

いろはにほへと

ちりぬるをわか

よたれそつねならむう

ゐのおくやまけふこえて

あさきゆめみしゑひもせすん

Maybe you will be confused. Why do some words sound different? Are they wrong? In fact, before the Japanese character reform of 1946, many Chinese characters were expressed in different ways. The simplest example is "Butterfly": it is written in Japanese and pronounced as "ちょぅちょぅ". However, "てふてふ" was written in1. Therefore, we sometimes hear such a sentence: "After living a private life, we will learn." Today in the poem says "きょぅ" and "けふ". There are many other changes. In addition, the words ゐ and 1243365438+cancelled after 0946 have been replaced by んぇ and ぇ.

ぃろは Song has a great influence on Japanese culture: many people call 48 similar things ぃろは ...], for example, there is [ぃろははSaka] in Nikki Prefecture. ぃろははは 】 is an edifying poem with 47 pseudonyms and the prefix "Jing"; 【 ぃろはカルタタタ 】 is also a card mainly composed of poems with 48 characters; ..... and so on, look up the dictionary is really countless.

People don't use this order very much now. Occasionally, they use "ぃろははは" instead of A, B, C and so on to express a small order. So, you just need to remember the order of the first seven pseudonyms. But we should know that it once played a very important role in Japanese culture and education.