kana

/ˈkɑːnə/

noun

  1. 1

    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.

  2. 2

    A hiragana or katakana character.

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