ALL meanings of hiragana
hi·ra·ga·na
H h - 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 hiragana the cursive and more widely used of the two Japanese syllabaries. 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 (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
- noun hiragana A letter of this syllabary. 0
- 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