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kana

ka·na
K k

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kah-nuh; Japanese kah-nah]
    • /ˈkɑ nə; Japanese ˈkɑ nɑ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kah-nuh; Japanese kah-nah]
    • /ˈkɑ nə; Japanese ˈkɑ nɑ/

Definitions of kana word

  • noun kana a Japanese syllabic script consisting of 71 symbols and having two written varieties. 1
  • noun kana The system of syllabic writing used for Japanese, having two forms, hiragana and katakana. 1
  • noun Technical meaning of kana (Japanese)   The two Japanese syllabaries, hiragana and katakana. 1
  • noun kana the Japanese syllabary, which consists of two written varieties 0
  • noun kana the portion of the Japanese writing system that is a syllabary 0
  • noun kana any of the characters in this syllabary 0

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Origin of kana

First appearance:

before 1720
One of the 49% newest English words
1720-30; < Japanese; earlier kanna, kari-na makeshift names (i.e., characters) as opposed to ma-na true characters, i.e., kanji

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Kana

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

kana popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 80% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

kana usage trend in Literature

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