hiragana

• hirakana, firagana (archaic)

From ජපන් 平(ひら)仮(が)名(な) (hiragana).

• IPA^(key): /ˌhɪ.ɹəˈɡæ.nə/, /ˌhɪ.ɹəˈɡɑː.nə/

• ඕඩියෝ (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ænə, -ɑːnə

hiragana (countable and uncountable, බහුවචන hiraganas or hiragana)

1. හිරගනා
2. (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.
3. A letter of this syllabary.

• hentaigana
• katakana
• man'yōgana