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1 English 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Related terms 2 Finnish 2.1 Noun

English

Noun

kana (かな, カナ , 仮名)

1. the syllabaries hiragana and katakana as a way to write Japanese words and particles using caracters that represent syllables. Kana are derived from kanji.

Related terms

• furigana
• hiragana
• katakana
• manyogana

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Finnish

Noun

kana

1. chicken
2. hen