kana

  1. Noun.  The hiragana and katakana syllabaries. These are used to write Japanese words and particles using characters that represent syllables. Kana are derived from kanji.
  2. Noun.  A hiragana or katakana character.
  3. Noun.  (plural of, kana) .

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