kana

/ˈkɑːnə/ · noun

Meaning

The hiragana and katakana syllabaries. These are made up of characters that represent individual syllables, which are are used to write Japanese words and particles. Kana are derived from kanji.
A hiragana or katakana character.

Etymology / origin

No prose etymology has been added yet.

No ancestor words have been linked yet.

Related words

cana(English)interlinear(English)hiragana(English)katakana(English)kanji(English)man'yōgana(English)manyogana(English)katakanization(English)morae(English)geminate(English)mora(English)syllabary(English)

Descendant words

No descendant words have been linked yet.

Sources

DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data

kana — meaning and etymology | WikiWord