Hepburn romanization

system of Japanese romanization

Facts

14 properties
Country
Japan[3]
Language of work or name
Japanese[10]
Discoverer or inventor
James Curtis Hepburn[2]
Does not have characteristic
ISO standard
Has characteristic
ALA-LC romanization of Japanese, orthography, BS 4812:1972, reversibility[14][15][16][17]
Main Wikidata property
P2125
Native label
ヘボン式ローマ字
Said to be the same as
BS 4812:1972[11]
Time of discovery or invention
1886, 1974[12][13]
🏷️ Also known as
en Hepburn romanization en modified Hepburn en revised Hepburn romanization en modified Hepburn system en Hepburn romanisation ar نظام هيبورن cs Hepburnova transkripce cs Hepburnův přepis cs Hepburnova romanizace de Hepburn-Umschrift de Hepburn-System de modifizierte Hepburn-Umschrift de Hepburn-shiki de modifiziertes Hepburn-System el Λατινισμός Χέπμπορν es Sistema Hepburn es Transliteracion Hepburn es Hebon-shiki es Romanización Hepburn es Romanizacion Hepburn
🔖 Identifiers · 6
Freebase ID
/m/096bz
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Hepburn_-_transkripsjonssystem
IETF language tag
ja-Latn-hepburn, ja-Latn-hepburn-heploc, ja-Latn-alalc97
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2778983090

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Summary

Hepburn romanization is a romanization of Japanese[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Kenkyūsha’s New Japanese-English Dictionary (Fourth Edition). wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . American Library Association Archives. Retrieved . loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . The Chicago Manual of Style (16th edition). wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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