Dictionary

hiragana en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌhɪ.ɹəˈɡæ.nə/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌhɪ.ɹəˈɡɑː.nə/

Etymology

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

Meanings

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. (countable, uncountable) A letter of this syllabary.

Forms

Relateds

hentaigana · man'yōgana · katakana

Translations (37)

th ฮิระงะนะ (Japanese syllabary) · mr हिरागाना (Japanese syllabary) · sh hiragana (Japanese syllabary) · hi हीरागाना (Japanese syllabary) · fa هیراگانا (Japanese syllabary) · be хірага́на (Japanese syllabary) · hi हिरागाना (Japanese syllabary) · de Hiragana (Japanese syllabary) · mn хирагана (Japanese syllabary) · cmn 平假名 (Japanese syllabary) · mk хирагана (Japanese syllabary) · fi hiragana (Japanese syllabary) · el χιραγκάνα (Japanese syllabary) · uk хіраґа́на (Japanese syllabary) · cs hiragana (Japanese syllabary) · bg хирагана (Japanese syllabary) · ja 平仮名 (Japanese syllabary) · es hiragana (Japanese syllabary) · ru хирага́на (Japanese syllabary) · id hiragana (Japanese syllabary) · pt hiragana (Japanese syllabary) · fr hiragana (Japanese syllabary) · sv hiragana (Japanese syllabary) · ar هِيرَاغَانَا (Japanese syllabary) · ko 히라가나 (Japanese syllabary) · vi chữ mềm (Japanese syllabary) · be хіра́гана (Japanese syllabary) · vi hiragana (Japanese syllabary) · sh хирагана (Japanese syllabary) · he היראגאנה (Japanese syllabary) · ru хира́гана (Japanese syllabary) · pl hiragana (Japanese syllabary) · acw هيراقانا (Japanese syllabary) · hy հիրագանա (Japanese syllabary) · ka ჰირაგანა (Japanese syllabary) · ms hiragana (Japanese syllabary) · uk хіра́ґана (Japanese syllabary)