Hiragana

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The cursive and flowing variety of kana used in most modern Japanese texts, especially to represent inflectional endings and particles.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The main syllabary for the Japanese language, used to represent native Japanese words, including particles, and when kanji is used, to represent verb and adjective endings.
  • n. A letter thereof
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The cursive form of Japanese writing, said to have been introduced by a Buddhist priest named Kuhai about the middle of the ninth century.
    • Word Usage
    "Modern Japanese uses four writing systems simultaneously: kanji (based on Chinese characters), two phonetic systems called hiragana and katakana, and the Roman alphabet (romaji)."
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