Dictionary

furigana en · NOUN

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 振り仮名 (furigana, “annotating kana”, literally “assigned provisional character”).

Meanings

1. (Japanese) Kana printed next to or above a kanji or other character to indicate the pronunciation.
   • Furigana are indispensable for some names of people and places whose Kanji are not included among the official Kanji list, and whose sounds can be unusual and even idiosyncratic. 2014, Insup Taylor, M. Martin Taylor, Writing and Literacy in Chinese, Korean and Japanese, revised edition, John Benjamins, →ISBN, page 290:

Forms

Synonyms

rubi character · ruby character

Translations (10)

ja 振り仮名 (furigana) · ja ルビ (furigana) · ko 후리가나 (furigana) · ru фурига́на (furigana) · ar فُورِيغَانَا (furigana) · th ฟุริงะนะ (furigana) · mr फुरिगाना (furigana) · cmn 振假名 (furigana) · ar فُورِيغَانَا (furigana) · ru ру́би (furigana)