Word Meaning 仮名
かな
kana
仮名 is read as かな (kana) and means kana.
Meaning
English
- kana
- Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
Reading
Kana
かな
Romaji
kana
Writing Variants
- 仮字 かな kana
- 假名 かな kana
Stroke Sequence
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Related Vocabulary
Max. 12Example Sentences
6振り仮名はどうやって付けますか？
How do I add furigana?
この本に振り仮名をつけてください。
Please add furigana to this book.
この漢字、送り仮名が間違ってるよ。
The okurigana on this kanji is wrong.
祖父は古い仮名遣いで書くことがあるの。
My grandfather sometimes writes in the old kana orthography.
平仮名は書けるんだけど、片仮名はまだ書けないんだ。
I can write hiragana, but I can't yet write katakana.
日本語を勉強していたとき、漢字はたくさんは使われてなく、仮名に置き換わっていることに気づいた。
When learning Japanese, I quickly discovered that many kanji are rarely used, and are often replaced with kana.
Context Links Usage in Anime Open to see character names and anime titles.
Real usage of this vocabulary in character names and anime titles on Anime.Jepang.org.
Character Names
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Anime Titles
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