"furigana" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: furigana [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 振り仮名 (furigana, “annotating kana”, literally “assigned phonetic character”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|振り仮名|lit=assigned phonetic character|t=annotating kana|tr=furigana}} Japanese 振り仮名 (furigana, “annotating kana”, literally “assigned phonetic character”) Head templates: {{en-noun|furigana}} furigana (plural furigana)
  1. (Japanese typography) Kana printed next to or above a kanji or other character to indicate the pronunciation. Wikipedia link: furigana Tags: Japanese Categories (topical): Japanese, Typography Synonyms: ruby character, rubi character Translations (furigana): فُورِيغَانَا (furigānā) [feminine] (Arabic), فُورِيغَانَا (furiḡānā) [feminine] (Arabic), 振假名 (zhènjiǎmíng) (Chinese Mandarin), 振り仮名 (furigana) (alt: ふりがな) (Japanese), ルビ (rubi) (Japanese), 후리가나 (hurigana) (Korean), फुरिगाना (furigānā) [neuter] (Marathi), фурига́на (furigána) [feminine] (Russian), ру́би (rúbi) [masculine] (Russian), ฟุริงะนะ (fúríngáná) (Thai)
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