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{{wikipedia|Hiragana}}
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==Japanese==
==Japanese==
{{ja-kanjitab|平|仮|名}}
{{ja-kanjitab|平|仮|名}}

===Etymology===
Compound of {{term|平|hira|flat, smooth}} and {{term|仮名|kana}}, which voices to -''gana'' due to [[w:Rendaku|suffixation]].

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|/hiragana/|lang=ja}}


===Noun===
===Noun===
{{ja-noun|k|hira=ひらがな|rom=hiragana}}
{{ja-noun|k|hira=ひらがな|rom=hiragana}}


# a Japanese syllabary script
# A set of [[Japanese]] [[syllabary]] [[characters]] formed from cursive-style Chinese characters whose sounds approximate the Japanese sound being represented. Hiragana is mostly used for grammatical particles, verb-inflections, and Japanese words which are not written in [[kanji]] or which are too difficult for an educated person to read or write in kanji.
#* {{RQ:Nippo Jisho|242}}
#: '''Firagana'''. ヒラガナ (平仮名) 日本の文字の一種.
# (as opposed to complex kanji) simple


====Synonyms====
====Synonyms====
* {{term|女手|||women’s writing|lang=ja|sc=Jpan|tr=onnade}}
* [[女手]] (onnade)
* [[女文字]] (onnamoji)
* [[草仮名]] (sōgana)


===See also===
===See also===
* [[漢字]] (kanji)
* {{term|万葉仮名|lang=ja|sc=Jpan|tr=まんようがな, man'yōgana}}
* {{term|片仮名|lang=ja|sc=Jpan|tr=katakana}}
* [[片仮名]] (katakana)
* [[万葉仮名]] (man'yōgana)
* {{term|漢字|lang=ja|sc=Jpan|tr=kanji}}
* {{term|ローマ字|lang=ja|sc=Jpan|tr=romaji}}
* [[ローマ字]] (romaji)

===References===
* {{R:Nippo Jisho}}


[[Category:1000 Japanese basic words|ひらがな]]
[[Category:1000 Japanese basic words|ひらがな]]

Revision as of 15:20, 9 May 2010

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3

Grade: 5

Grade: 1
Alternative spelling
平假名 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of (deprecated template usage) hira and (deprecated template usage) kana, which voices to -gana due to suffixation.

Pronunciation

Noun

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  1. a Japanese syllabary script
    Firagana. ヒラガナ (平仮名) 日本の文字の一種.
  2. (as opposed to complex kanji) simple

Synonyms

See also

References