hiragana
Portuguese, noun/i.ɾaˈɡɐ̃.nɐ/
hiragana is spelled H-I-R-A-G-A-N-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese, the 104,744th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hiragana is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “hiragana (Japanese syllabary)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “silabário japonês, um dos três sistemas de escrita da língua japonesa, utilizado para grafar determinadas…”.
What does hiragana mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehiragana (Japanese syllabary)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. silabário japonês, um dos três sistemas de escrita da língua japonesa, utilizado para grafar determinadas palavras com especificidades gramaticais
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce hiragana?
- Brazil /i.ɾaˈɡɐ̃.nɐ/
- Portugal /i.ɾɐˈɡɐ.nɐ/
- Portugal [i.ɾɐˈɣɐ.nɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hiragana
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hiragana in Portuguese?
hiragana appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).