English Explanatory Dictionary

hiragana

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The main syllabary for the Japanese language, used to represent native Japanese words, including particles, and when kanji is used, to represent verb and adjective endings.
  2. A letter of this syllabary.
name
  1. Alternative letter-case form of hiragana.

Pronunciation

/ˌhɪ.ɹəˈɡæ.nə/ /ˌhɪ.ɹəˈɡɑː.nə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hiragana.wav

Word forms

hiragana hiraganas hirakana firagana

Etymology

From Japanese 平(ひら)仮(が)名(な) (hiragana).

Related words

hentaigana katakana man'yōgana

Translations

Arabic: هِيرَاغَانَا Arabic: هيراقانا Armenian: հիրագանա Belarusian: хіра́гана Bulgarian: хирагана Chinese Mandarin: 平假名 Czech: hiragana Finnish: hiragana French: hiragana Georgian: ჰირაგანა German: Hiragana Greek: χιραγκάνα Hebrew: היראגאנה Hindi: हीरागाना Indonesian: hiragana Japanese: 平仮名 Korean: 히라가나 Macedonian: хирагана Malay: hiragana Marathi: हिरागाना Mongolian: хирагана Persian: هیراگانا Polish: hiragana Portuguese: hiragana Russian: хира́гана Serbo-Croatian: хирагана Serbo-Croatian: hiragana Spanish: hiragana Swedish: hiragana Thai: ฮิระงะนะ Ukrainian: хіра́ґана Vietnamese: hiragana Vietnamese: chữ mềm
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