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Noun: kana  kaa-nu
  1. The hiragana and katakana syllabaries, used to write Japanese words and particles using characters that represent syllables
     
  2. A hiragana or katakana character

Derived forms: kanas

Type of: syllabary, syllabic script

Encyclopedia: Kana, Burkina Faso