"片仮名" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [ka̠ta̠ka̠na̠] Forms: 片仮名 [canonical] (ruby: (かた), (), ()), 片仮名 [canonical] (ruby: 片仮名(カタカナ))
Etymology: Compound of 片 (kata, “part”) + 仮名 (kana). 片 is in turn a cognate with 方 (kata). Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|片|仮名|t1=part|tr1=kata|tr2=kana}} 片 (kata, “part”) + 仮名 (kana), {{lang|ja|片}} 片 Head templates: {{ja-noun|かたかな|カタカナ}} 片(かた)仮(か)名(な) or 片仮名(カタカナ) • (katakana)
  1. Katakana, a set of Japanese syllabary characters, secondary to hiragana, derived from portions of Chinese characters whose sounds approximate the Japanese sound being represented. Chiefly thought of as being used for loanwords (cf. カタカナ語 (“loanword”, literally “katakana word”)), it has a number of other uses too, complementing hiragana; see Katakana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Wikipedia link: ja:片仮名 Tags: katakana Categories (topical): Writing systems Related terms: 平仮名 (ruby: (ひら), (), ()) [hiragana], 漢字 (ruby: (かん), ()) [kanji], ローマ字 (ruby: ()) [Rōmaji]

Inflected forms

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