Technically hiragana is a syllabary, not an alphabet.
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Syllabary
//ˈsɪləb(ə)ɹi//
Synonyms for "syllabary" (62 found)
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Strong matches (18)
Related words (31)
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5 entriesTranslations
34 translations across 22 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- συλλαβάριον noun (table)
Bulgarian
1 entries- сричкова азбука noun (system)
Catalan
1 entries- sil·labari noun (system)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 音節文字 /音节文字 noun (system)
Czech
1 entries- slabičné písmo noun (system)
Finnish
3 entries- syllabaari noun (system)
- tavukirjoitus noun (system)
- tavumerkistö noun (table)
French
2 entries- syllabaire noun (table)
- syllabaire noun (system)
German
1 entries- Silbenschrift noun (system)
Greek
2 entries- συλλαβάριο noun (table)
- συλλαβογραφία noun (system)
Irish
1 entries- siollabra noun (system)
Japanese
1 entries- 音節文字 noun (system)
Korean
1 entries- 음절문자 noun (system)
Latin
2 entries- syllabarium noun (table)
- syllabarium noun (system)
Macedonian
2 entries- сло́говно пи́смо noun (system)
- слого́вница noun (table)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- stavelsesskrift noun (system)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- stavingsskrift noun (system)
Polish
2 entries- sylabariusz noun (table)
- sylabariusz noun (system)
Portuguese
2 entries- silabário noun (table)
- silabário noun (system)
Russian
3 entries- слогова́я а́збука noun (system)
- слогова́я пи́сьменность noun (system)
- слогово́е письмо́ noun (system)
Spanish
1 entries- silabario noun (system)
Tagalog
3 entries- pantigan noun (system)
- talapantigan noun (table)
- talapantigan noun (system)
Welsh
1 entries- sillwyddor noun (system)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
The names are in Japanese syllabary order.
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Katakana is a syllabary.
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Hiragana is a syllabary.
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