kana en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈkɑːnə/
- (Southern-England) audio
- [ˈkʰɑːnə]
Etymology
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).
Meanings
- The 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.
- A hiragana or katakana character.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| kanas | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| kana | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
kana-majiri · furigana · hiragana · manyogana · katakana
Translations (29)
bg ка́на (Japanese syllabaries) · be ка́на (Japanese syllabaries) · fa کانا (Japanese syllabaries) · th คานะ (Japanese syllabaries) · de Kana (Japanese syllabaries) · he קאנה (Japanese syllabaries) · fr kana (Japanese syllabaries) · uk ка́на (Japanese syllabaries) · cs kana (Japanese syllabaries) · pl kana (Japanese syllabaries) · sh kana (Japanese syllabaries) · ko 가나 (Japanese syllabaries) · tg кана (Japanese syllabaries) · cmn 假名 (Japanese syllabaries) · sh кана (Japanese syllabaries) · ru ка́на (Japanese syllabaries) · mn кана (Japanese syllabaries) · ms kana (Japanese syllabaries) · pt kana (Japanese syllabaries) · ja 仮名 (Japanese syllabaries) · mr काना (Japanese syllabaries) · fi kana (Japanese syllabaries) · el κάνα (Japanese syllabaries) · mk ка́на (Japanese syllabaries) · es kana (Japanese syllabaries) · hi काना (Japanese syllabaries) · vi kana (Japanese syllabaries) · ur کانا (Japanese syllabaries) · ar كَانَا (Japanese syllabaries)