hiragana
<Japanese>
The cursive formed Japanese kana syllabary. Hiragana is mostly used for grammatical particles, verb-inflection, and Japanese words which are not written in kanji or which are too difficult for an educated person to read or write in kanji. Hiragana are also used for furigana.
Last updated: 2001-03-18
Nearby terms:
hing ♦ HINT ♦ HiPAC ♦ HIPPI ♦ hiragana ♦ hirsute ♦ HISTORIAN ♦ history ♦ hit
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