Kana Definition

känə
kanas
noun
The portion of the Japanese writing system that is a syllabary.
Webster's New World
Any of the characters in this syllabary.
Webster's New World
Plural form of kana.
Wiktionary

Origin of Kana

  • Japanese from Old Japanese kanna, kana contraction of karina (literally, provisional letter, as opposed to kanji which were considered to be Chinese characters in their true use) kari- provisional, not according to rule na name, letter

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Japanese 仮名 (kana, “syllabary”).

    From Wiktionary

Kana Sentence Examples

  • Kefr Kenna, now a flourishing Christian village at the foot of the Nazareth hills, south of the Buttauf, is one of the sites identified with Cana of Galilee, and the ruin Kana, on the north side of the same plain, represents the site pointed out to the pilgrims of the 12th and 13th centuries.

  • In 745 Thomas of Kana brought a new 1 "In punishment by the cross (was) the suffering of this One; He who is the true Christ, and God alone, and Guide ever pure."

  • There was no clear pattern of greater impairment for kanji with right hemisphere lesions and greater impairment for kana with left hemisphere lesions.

  • The TRS-80 model II had a second character set, Japanese kana.

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Words Starting With

KKAKAN

Words Ending With

ANAANA

Unscrambles

kana

Words Starting With K and Ending With A

Starts With K & Ends With AStarts With KA & Ends With AStarts With K & Ends With NA

Word Length

4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With K4 Letter Words Ending With A