Meaning
仮名 (かな, kana) is a JLPT N2 noun meaning “kana, japanese syllabary”.
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。
Reading in the old Japanese syllabary characters is the same.
私は平仮名を全部読めます。
I can read all hiragana.