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hiragana

/ˌhɪ.ɹəˈɡæ.nə/

hiragana noun: 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.

Noun

hiragana (countable and uncountable, plural hiraganas or hiragana)

  1. (uncountable) 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.

Proper noun capitalized: Hiragana

Hiragana

  1. Alternative letter-case form of hiragana.

hiragana meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Arabic and Malay

hiragana in Hindi

Japanese syllabary
हीरागाना hīrāgānā, हिरागाना hirāgānā

hiragana in Marathi

Japanese syllabary
हिरागाना hirāgānā

hiragana in Arabic

Japanese syllabary
هِيرَاغَانَا hiraḡānā

hiragana in Malay

Japanese syllabary
hiragana
More languagesFewer languages
hiragana in Indonesian
hiragana
hiragana in Persian
هیراگانا
hiragana in Thai
ฮิระงะนะ hí-rá-ngá-ná
hiragana in Vietnamese
hiragana, chữ mềm

Forms of hiragana

pluralhiraganas
pluralhiragana
alternative form (archaic)hirakana
alternative form (archaic)firagana

Origin of hiragana

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

Words that rhyme with hiragana

13 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about hiragana

What does hiragana mean?
Hiragana means 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 hiragana in Hindi?
Hiragana in Hindi is हीरागाना (hīrāgānā), हिरागाना (hirāgānā). See Hiragana meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is hiragana?
Hiragana can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce hiragana?
Hiragana is pronounced /ˌhɪ.ɹəˈɡæ.nə/.
What is the plural of hiragana?
The plural of hiragana is hiraganas.

Words near hiragana in the dictionary

  1. Hirachandra
  2. Hirado
  3. Hirado ware
  4. Hirado wares
  5. hiraeth
  6. hiragana
  7. hiraganas
  8. hirage
  9. Hirai
  10. Hirais
  11. hirakana

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