Noun: hiragana ,hi-ru'gaa-nu
- 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
"Children learn hiragana before moving on to more complex Japanese writing systems"
- A letter of hiragana
"She carefully wrote each hiragana character in her notebook"
Derived forms: hiraganas
Type of: syllabary, syllabic script
Encyclopedia: Hiragana