kana
The hiragana and katakana syllabariesThe hiragana and katakana syllabaries. These are made up of characters that represent individual syllables, which are used to write Japanese words and particles. Kana are derived from kanji.
» My grandfather sometimes writes in the old kana orthography.
Meaning
2 sensesThe hiragana and katakana syllabaries. These are made up of characters that represent individual syllables, which are used to write Japanese words and particles. Kana are derived from kanji.
Kana
ка́наkána
ка́наkána
A hiragana or katakana character.
Examples
7 sentencesMy grandfather sometimes writes in the old kana orthography.
Furigana are a kind of yomigana, or pronunciation aid kana.
Warays calls "Cebuano" speaking locals as "Kana".
Of all my various linguistic knowledge, maybe Japanese Kana glyphs are what I cherish most.
Korean Hangeul glyphs and Inuktitut syllabograms fascinate me in a similar way as Japanese Kana glyphs do.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Japanese 仮名(かな) (kana, “phonetic character”, literally “borrowed character”,Borrowed from Japanese 仮名(かな) (kana, “phonetic character”, literally “borrowed character”, from the way that kana were originally Chinese characters "borrowed" for their phonetic values).
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Forms
plural: kana / kanasWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular