"hiragana" meaning in English

See hiragana in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌhɪ.ɹəˈɡæ.nə/, /ˌhɪ.ɹəˈɡɑː.nə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hiragana.wav Forms: hiraganas [plural], hiragana [plural]
Rhymes: -ænə, -ɑːnə Etymology: From Japanese 平(ひら)仮(が)名(な) (hiragana). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|-}} Japanese, {{ja-r|平%仮%名|ひら%が%な}} 平(ひら)仮(が)名(な) (hiragana) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|s|hiragana}} hiragana (countable and uncountable, plural hiraganas or hiragana)
  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. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Japanese, Writing systems
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  2. A letter of this syllabary. Tags: countable, uncountable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hirakana, firagana [archaic] Related terms: hentaigana, katakana, man'yōgana Translations (Japanese syllabary): هِيرَاغَانَا (hiraḡānā) [feminine] (Arabic), هيراقانا (hīrāgāna) [Hijazi-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), հիրագանա [hiragana] (Armenian), хіра́гана (xiráhana) [feminine] (Belarusian), хірага́на (xirahána) [feminine] (Belarusian), хирагана [feminine, hiragana] (Bulgarian), 平假名 (píngjiǎmíng) (Chinese Mandarin), hiragana [feminine] (Czech), hiragana (Finnish), hiragana [masculine] (French), ჰირაგანა [hiragana] (Georgian), Hiragana [neuter] (German), χιραγκάνα (chiragkána) (Greek), היראגאנה (Hebrew), हीरागाना (hīrāgānā) (Hindi), hiragana (Indonesian), 平仮名 (alt: ひらがな) [hiragana] (Japanese), 히라가나 [hiragana] (Korean), хирагана [feminine, hiragana] (Macedonian), hiragana (Malay), हिरागाना (hirāgānā) [feminine] (Marathi), хирагана (xiragana) (Mongolian), هیراگانا (Persian), hiragana [feminine] (Polish), hiragana [masculine] (Portuguese), хира́гана (xirágana) [feminine] (Russian), хирага́на (xiragána) [feminine] (Russian), хирагана [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), hiragana [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), hiragana (Spanish), hiragana [common-gender] (Swedish), ฮิระงะนะ (hí-rá-ngá-ná) (Thai), хіра́ґана (xirágana) [feminine] (Ukrainian), хіраґа́на (xiragána) [feminine] (Ukrainian), hiragana (Vietnamese), chữ mềm (Vietnamese)
Disambiguation of 'Japanese syllabary': 55 45

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "Japanese syllabary",
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        "hiragana"
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      "word": "хирагана"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "píngjiǎmíng",
      "sense": "Japanese syllabary",
      "word": "平假名"
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      "sense": "Japanese syllabary",
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      "sense": "Japanese syllabary",
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      "word": "hiragana"
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      "sense": "Japanese syllabary",
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      "word": "ჰირაგანა"
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      "sense": "Japanese syllabary",
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      "word": "היראגאנה"
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      "code": "hi",
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      "roman": "hīrāgānā",
      "sense": "Japanese syllabary",
      "word": "हीरागाना"
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      "sense": "Japanese syllabary",
      "word": "hiragana"
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      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "roman": "hí-rá-ngá-ná",
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      "word": "ฮิระงะนะ"
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      "roman": "hiraḡānā",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "هِيرَاغَانَا"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "հիրագանա"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "хірага́на"
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      "roman": "píngjiǎmíng",
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      "word": "平假名"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "hiragana"
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      "sense": "Japanese syllabary",
      "word": "hiragana"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "sense": "Japanese syllabary",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ჰირაგანა"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Japanese syllabary",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Hiragana"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "chiragkána",
      "sense": "Japanese syllabary",
      "word": "χιραγκάνα"
    },
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      "code": "he",
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      "sense": "Japanese syllabary",
      "word": "היראגאנה"
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      "roman": "hīrāgānā",
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      "word": "हीरागाना"
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      "sense": "Japanese syllabary",
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      "word": "平仮名"
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      "lang": "Korean",
      "sense": "Japanese syllabary",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "히라가나"
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      "sense": "Japanese syllabary",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "хирагана"
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      "code": "ms",
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      "sense": "Japanese syllabary",
      "word": "hiragana"
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      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "hirāgānā",
      "sense": "Japanese syllabary",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "हिरागाना"
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      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "xiragana",
      "sense": "Japanese syllabary",
      "word": "хирагана"
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "Japanese syllabary",
      "word": "هیراگانا"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Japanese syllabary",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hiragana"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Japanese syllabary",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "hiragana"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xirágana",
      "sense": "Japanese syllabary",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "хира́гана"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xiragána",
      "sense": "Japanese syllabary",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "хирага́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Japanese syllabary",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "хирагана"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "word": "hiragana"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Japanese syllabary",
      "word": "hiragana"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Japanese syllabary",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "hiragana"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "hí-rá-ngá-ná",
      "sense": "Japanese syllabary",
      "word": "ฮิระงะนะ"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "xirágana",
      "sense": "Japanese syllabary",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "хіра́ґана"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "xiragána",
      "sense": "Japanese syllabary",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "хіраґа́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "Japanese syllabary",
      "word": "hiragana"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "Japanese syllabary",
      "word": "chữ mềm"
    }
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  "wikipedia": [
    "en:hiragana"
  ],
  "word": "hiragana"
}

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