hiragana

See also Hiragana

English

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Etymology

Japanese romanization of 平仮名.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌhɪ.ɹəˈɡɑː.nə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːnə

Noun

hiragana (plural 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.
2. A letter thereof

Related terms

• hentaigana
• katakana
• man'yōgana

See also

• Index:Japanese Kana

Translations

Japanese syllabary

• Arabic: هيراغانا (ar) (hiraghaana) f
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: хірагана (be) (xiráhana, xirahána) f
• Bulgarian: хирагана (bg) (hiragana) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 平假名 (cmn) (píngjiǎmíng)

• Georgian: ჰირაგანა (ka) (hiragana)
• German: Hiragana (de) n
• Greek: χιραγκάνα (el) (chiragána)
• Hebrew: היראגאנה (he)
• Hindi: हीरागाना (hi) (hīrāgānā)
• Japanese: 平仮名 (ja) (ひらがな, hiragana)
• Korean: 히라가나 (ko) (hiragana)

• Macedonian: хирагана (mk) (hiragana) f
• Malay: hiragana (ms)
• Marathi: हिरागाना (mr) (hirāgānā) f
• Mongolian: хирагана (mn) (hiragana)
• Persian: هیراگانا (fa)
• Polish: hiragana (pl) f
• Portuguese: hiragana (pt) m
• Russian: хирагана (ru) (xirágana, xiragána) f
• Serbo-Croatian: хирагана (sh) f, hiragana (sh) f
• Spanish: hiragana (es)
• Thai: ฮิระงะนะ (th) (hí-rá-ngá-ná)
• Ukrainian: хіраґана (uk) (xirágana, xiragána) f, хірагана (uk) (xiráhana, xirahána) f
• Vietnamese: hiragana (vi)

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Japanese

Romanization

hiragana

1. See ひらがな

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Polish

Etymology

From Japanese 平仮名 (hiragana).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /xiraˈɡana/

Noun

hiragana f

1. hiragana

Declension

    declension of hiragana

	singular	plural
nominative	hiragana	hiragany
genitive	hiragany	hiragan
dative	hiraganie	hiraganom
accusative	hiraganę	hiragany
instrumental	hiraganą	hiraganami
locative	hiraganie	hiraganach
vocative	hiragano	hiragany

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Japanese 平仮名 (hiragana).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /xiraɡǎna/
• Hyphenation: hi‧ra‧ga‧na

Noun

hiragàna f (Cyrillic spelling хирага̀на)

1. hiragana

Declension

    declension of hiragana

	singular
nominative	hiragàna
genitive	hiragane
dative	hiragani
accusative	hiraganu
vocative	hiragano
locative	hiragani
instrumental	hiraganom