furigana

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 振り仮名 (furigana, literally “assigned phonetic character”).

Noun

furigana (plural furigana)

1. Kana printed next to or above a kanji or other character to indicate the pronunciation.

Synonyms

• ruby, rubi

Translations

furigana

• Arabic: فُورِيغَانَا f (furigānā), فُورِيغَانَا f (furiḡānā)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 振假名 (zh) (zhènjiǎmíng)

• Japanese: 振り仮名 (ja) (ふりがな, furigana), ルビ (ja) (rubi)
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• Korean: 후리가나 (hurigana)
• Russian: фурига́на f (furigána), ру́би (ru) m (rúbi)
• Thai: ฟุริงะนะ (fúríngáná)

Anagrams

• Garifuna, Garífuna, fungaria

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Japanese

Romanization

furigana

1. Rōmaji transcription of ふりがな