hiragana
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌhɪ.ɹəˈɡæ.nə/, /ˌhɪ.ɹəˈɡɑː.nə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ænə, -ɑːnə
Noun
hiragana (countable and uncountable, plural hiraganas or hiragana)
- (uncountable) 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.
- A letter of this syllabary.
Related terms
Translations
Japanese syllabary
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Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 平仮名 (hiragana).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɦɪraɡana]
- Rhymes: -ana
- Hyphenation: hi‧ra‧ga‧na
Noun
hiragana f
Declension
Declension of hiragana (hard feminine)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hiragana | hiragany |
| genitive | hiragany | hiragan |
| dative | hiraganě | hiraganám |
| accusative | hiraganu | hiragany |
| vocative | hiragano | hiragany |
| locative | hiraganě | hiraganách |
| instrumental | hiraganou | hiraganami |
See also
Further reading
- “hiragana”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
- “hiragana”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhirɑɡɑnɑ/, [ˈhirɑ̝ˌɡɑ̝nɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ɑnɑ
- Syllabification(key): hi‧ra‧ga‧na
- Hyphenation(key): hi‧ra‧ga‧na
Noun
hiragana
Declension
| Inflection of hiragana (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | hiragana | hiraganat | |
| genitive | hiraganan | hiraganojen | |
| partitive | hiraganaa | hiraganoja | |
| illative | hiraganaan | hiraganoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | hiragana | hiraganat | |
| accusative | nom. | hiragana | hiraganat |
| gen. | hiraganan | ||
| genitive | hiraganan | hiraganojen hiraganain rare | |
| partitive | hiraganaa | hiraganoja | |
| inessive | hiraganassa | hiraganoissa | |
| elative | hiraganasta | hiraganoista | |
| illative | hiraganaan | hiraganoihin | |
| adessive | hiraganalla | hiraganoilla | |
| ablative | hiraganalta | hiraganoilta | |
| allative | hiraganalle | hiraganoille | |
| essive | hiraganana | hiraganoina | |
| translative | hiraganaksi | hiraganoiksi | |
| abessive | hiraganatta | hiraganoitta | |
| instructive | — | hiraganoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.ʁa.ɡa.na/, /hi.ʁa.ɡa.na/
Audio (Switzerland): (file)
Noun
hiragana m (plural hiraganas)
Japanese
Romanization
hiragana
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English hiragana.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xi.raˈɡa.na/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ana
- Syllabification: hi‧ra‧ga‧na
Noun
hiragana f
- hiragana (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)
Declension
Declension of hiragana
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | hiragana |
| genitive | hiragany |
| dative | hiraganie |
| accusative | hiraganę |
| instrumental | hiraganą |
| locative | hiraganie |
| vocative | hiragano |
Further reading
- hiragana in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /i.ɾaˈɡɐ̃.nɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /i.ɾaˈɡɐ.na/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /i.ɾɐˈɡɐ.nɐ/ [i.ɾɐˈɣɐ.nɐ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /i.ɾɐˈɡa.nɐ/ [i.ɾɐˈɣa.nɐ]
- Hyphenation: hi‧ra‧ga‧na
Noun
hiragana m (uncountable)
- hiragana (Japanese syllabary)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xiraɡǎna/
- Hyphenation: hi‧ra‧ga‧na
Noun
hiragàna f (Cyrillic spelling хирага̀на)
Declension
Declension of hiragana
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | hiragàna |
| genitive | hiragane |
| dative | hiragani |
| accusative | hiraganu |
| vocative | hiragano |
| locative | hiragani |
| instrumental | hiraganom |