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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries平假名
Pronunciation / Transliteration: píng jiǎ míng
"平假名用于书写日语的本土词汇。"
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2 senses- 1
One of the two phonetic scripts used in the Japanese writing system, consisting of 46 basic characters.
"In Japanese, hiragana is used for native words and grammatical elements." - 2
A script that is typically learned by children and used in conjunction with kanji.
"Children in Japan learn hiragana as their first writing system before progressing to kanji."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term 'hiragana' originates from the Japanese language, where it refers to one of the two syllabaries used in writing Japanese. The word itself is derived from 'hira' meaning 'ordinary' or 'simple', and 'gana', which refers to 'syllabary'. It has been in use since the Heian period (794-1185) when it was developed as a means for women to write Japanese, as they were often excluded from learning kanji.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Hiragana" is said worldwide
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hiragana
Transliteration: hiragana
"Le hiragana est utilisé pour écrire des mots japonais d'origine native."
Hiragana
Transliteration: Hiragana
"Hiragana wird in der japanischen Schriftsprache für einheimische Wörter verwendet."
hiragana
Transliteration: hiragana
"L'hiragana è usato per scrivere parole giapponesi di origine nativa."
hiragana
Transliteration: hiragana
"El hiragana se utiliza para escribir palabras japonesas de origen nativo."
hiragana
Transliteration: hiragana
"O hiragana é usado para escrever palavras japonesas de origem nativa."
हिरागाना
Transliteration: hiragana
"हिरागाना जापानी भाषा में मूल शब्दों को लिखने के लिए उपयोग किया जाता है।"
平假名
Transliteration: píng jiǎ míng
"平假名用于书写日语的本土词汇。"
히라가나
Transliteration: hiragana
"히라가나는 일본어의 고유 단어를 쓰는 데 사용됩니다."
ひらがな
Transliteration: hiragana
"ひらがなは日本語の母国語の単語を書くために使われます。"
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