hiragana

See also: Hiragana

English

Etymology

Japanese romanization of 平仮名.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌhɪ.ɹəˈɡæ.nə/, /ˌhɪ.ɹəˈɡɑː.nə/
Rhymes: -ænə, -ɑːnə

Noun

hiragana (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

Arabic: هِيرَاغَانَا‎‎ (ar) f (hiraḡānā)
Armenian: հիրագանա (hiragana)
Belarusian: хіра́гана, хірага́на f (xiráhana, xirahána)
Bulgarian: хирагана f (hiragana)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 平假名 (zh) (píngjiǎmíng)
Czech: hiragana (cs) f
Finnish: hiragana (fi)
Georgian: ჰირაგანა (hiragana)
German: Hiragana (de) n
Greek: χιραγκάνα (chiragkána)
Hebrew: היראגאנה‎‎
Hindi: हीरागाना (hīrāgānā)
Japanese: 平仮名 (ja) (ひらがな, hiragana)
Korean: 히라가나 (ko) (hiragana)

Macedonian: хирагана f (hiragana)
Malay: hiragana
Marathi: हिरागाना f (hirāgānā)
Mongolian: хирагана (hiragana)
Persian: هیراگانا‎‎
Polish: hiragana (pl) f
Portuguese: hiragana (pt) m
Russian: хира́гана (ru) f (xirágana), хирага́на (ru) f (xiragána)
Serbo-Croatian: хирагана f, hiragana (sh) f
Spanish: hiragana (es)
Swedish: hiragana (sv) c
Thai: ฮิระงะนะ (th) (hí-rá-ngá-ná)
Ukrainian: хіра́ґана, хіраґа́на f (xirágana, xiragána), хіра́гана, хірага́на (uk) f (xiráhana, xirahána)
Vietnamese: hiragana (vi)

Finnish

Noun

hiragana

hiragana (syllabary)
hiragana (letter of the syllabary)

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
accusative	gen.	hiraganan	hiraganat
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
instructive		—	hiraganoin
abessive		hiraganatta	hiraganoitta
comitative		—	hiraganoineen

Anagrams

hangaari

Japanese

Romanization

hiragana

Rōmaji transcription of ひらがな

Polish

Etymology

From Japanese 平仮名 (hiragana).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xiraˈɡana/

Noun

hiragana f

hiragana

Declension

declension of hiragana

	singular	plural
nominative	hiragana	hiragany
genitive	hiragany	hiragan
dative	hiraganie	hiraganom
accusative	hiraganę	hiragany
instrumental	hiraganą	hiraganami
locative	hiraganie	hiraganach
vocative	hiragano	hiragany

Portuguese

Noun

hiragana m (uncountable)

hiragana (Japanese syllabary)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Japanese 平仮名 (hiragana).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xiraɡǎna/
Hyphenation: hi‧ra‧ga‧na

Noun

hiragàna f (Cyrillic spelling хирага̀на)

hiragana

Declension

Declension of hiragana

	singular
nominative	hiragàna
genitive	hiragane
dative	hiragani
accusative	hiraganu
vocative	hiragano
locative	hiragani
instrumental	hiraganom

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