furigana

English

Etymology

Japanese 振り仮名 (ふりがな)

Noun

Wikipedia furigana (uncountable)

1. kana printed next to or above a kanji or other characters to indicate their pronunciation:

かれ 彼、 わたし 私のこと なに 何か い 言ってました？

kare, watashi no koto nanika ittemashita?

Did he say anything about me?

Synonyms

• ruby, rubi

Translations

furigana

Arabic: فوريغانا (ar) (furigaana, furighaana) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 振假名 (cmn) (zhènjiǎmíng) Japanese: 振り仮名 (ja) (ふりがな, furigana), ルビ (ja) (rubi)

Korean: 후리가나 (ko) (hurigana) Russian: фуригана (ru) (furigána) f., руби (ru) (rúbi) m. Thai: ฟุริงะนะ (th)

See also

• ふりがな - table of furigana

Anagrams

• Garifuna, Garífuna, garifuna

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Japanese

Noun

furigana (hiragana ふりがな)

1. 振り仮名: kana printed next to or beside a kanji or other characters to indicate their pronunciation

Synonyms

• ルビ