Meaning
仮名 (かな, kana) is a JLPT N2 noun meaning “(n) alias,pseudonym,pen name”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 12
お 名前に 仮名を 振ってください。
Please write the pronunciation of your name in kana.
妹は 平仮名を 全部 覚えました。
My little sister learned all hiragana.
仮名(通称)は操。
His kemyo (a common name) is Misao.
仮名(通称)才助。
His alias (common name) was Saisuke.
仮名（通称）は四郎。
His alias was Shiro.
仮名(通称)は二郎。
His alias (common name) was Jiro.
仮名(通称)は三郎。
His tentative name (common name) was Saburo.
仮名(通称)は吉兵衛。
His assumed name (alias) was Kichibei.
仮名(通称)は弥兵衛。
His kemyo (assumed name) (common name) was Yahei.
片仮名も平仮名に改める。
Changed katakana to hiragana.
旧仮名遣いでの読みは同じ。
The reading is the same in the old Japanese syllabary characters.
また振り仮名は片仮名で表す。
It was accompanied by furigana (kana syllables written beside Chinese characters to aid in reading) in the form of katakana (the square form of kana or the Japanese syllabaries).