hiragana

== English == === Alternative forms === hirakana, firagana (archaic) === Etymology === From Japanese 平(ひら)仮(が)名(な) (hiragana). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌhɪ.ɹəˈɡæ.nə/, /ˌhɪ.ɹəˈɡɑː.nə/ Rhymes: -ænə, -ɑːnə === Noun === hiragana (countable and uncountable, plural hiraganas or hiragana) (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. A letter of this syllabary. ==== Related terms ==== hentaigana katakana man'yōgana ==== Translations ==== == Czech == === Etymology === Borrowed from Japanese 平(ひら)仮(が)名(な) (hiragana). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɦɪraɡana] Rhymes: -ana Hyphenation: hi‧ra‧ga‧na === Noun === hiragana f hiragana ==== Declension ==== === See also === === Further reading === “hiragana”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech) “hiragana”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 == Finnish == === Etymology === From Japanese 平(ひら)仮(が)名(な) (hiragana). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhirɑɡɑnɑ/, [ˈhirɑ̝ˌɡɑ̝nɑ̝] Rhymes: -ɑnɑ Syllabification(key): hi‧ra‧ga‧na Hyphenation(key): hi‧ra‧ga‧na === Noun === hiragana hiragana (syllabary) hiragana (letter of the syllabary) ==== Declension ==== === Anagrams === hangaari == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /i.ʁa.ɡa.na/, /hi.ʁa.ɡa.na/ === Noun === hiragana m (plural hiraganas) hiragana == Japanese == === Romanization === hiragana Rōmaji transcription of ひらがな == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English hiragana. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /xi.raˈɡa.na/ Rhymes: -ana Syllabification: hi‧ra‧ga‧na === Noun === hiragana f hiragana (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) Coordinate terms: kanji, katakana ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === hiragana in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: hi‧ra‧ga‧na === Noun === hiragana m (uncountable) hiragana (Japanese syllabary) == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === From Japanese 平仮名 (hiragana). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /xiraɡǎna/ Hyphenation: hi‧ra‧ga‧na === Noun === hiragàna f (Cyrillic spelling хирага̀на) hiragana ==== Declension ====