What does "hiragana" mean?

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.

What is a synonym for "hiragana"?

Common synonyms include: character, cuneiform, determinative, hieroglyphic, ideogram, logogram.

How do you pronounce "hiragana"?

Pronounced //ˌhɪ.ɹəˈɡæ.nə//.

Hiragana

/ˌhɪ.ɹəˈɡæ.nə/ name, noun

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Definitions

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. uncountable
2
A letter of this syllabary. countable, uncountable

Proper Noun

1
Alternative letter-case form of hiragana. alt-of

Synonyms

All synonyms

character cuneiform determinative hieroglyphic ideogram logogram

Example

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"The Japanese language has three different alphabets: hiragana, katakana and kanji."

Etymology

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

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