Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [heer-uh-gah-nuh; Japanese hee-rah-gah-nah]
- /ˌhɪər əˈgɑ nə; Japanese ˈhi rɑˈgɑ nɑ/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [heer-uh-gah-nuh; Japanese hee-rah-gah-nah]
- /ˌhɪər əˈgɑ nə; Japanese ˈhi rɑˈgɑ nɑ/
Definitions of hiragana word
- noun hiragana the cursive and more widely used of the two Japanese syllabaries. 1
- noun hiragana The more cursive and more widely used form of kana (syllabic writing) used in Japanese, especially used for function words and inflections. 1
- noun Technical meaning of hiragana (Japanese) The cursive formed Japanese kana syllabary. Hiragana is mostly used for grammatical particles, verb-inflection, and Japanese words which are not written in kanji or which are too difficult for an educated person to read or write in kanji. Hiragana are also used for furigana. 1
- noun hiragana one of the Japanese systems of syllabic writing based on Chinese cursive ideograms. The more widely used of the two current systems, it is employed in newspapers and general literature 0
- noun hiragana the more widely used portion of the Japanese kana, or syllabary, having characters that are cursive 0
- noun hiragana (Uncountable Noun) 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. 0
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Origin of hiragana
First appearance:
before 1815 One of the 39% newest English words
1815-25; < Japanese, equivalent to hira ordinary (earlier f(y)ira < *pira) + -gana, combining form of kana kana
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Parts of speech for Hiragana
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
hiragana popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 62% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
hiragana usage trend in Literature
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