kana
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Letters
- 4
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Definition of kana
6 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- The hiragana and katakana syllabaries. These are made up of characters that represent individual syllables, which are used to write Japanese words and particles. Kana are derived from kanji.
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noun
- The hiragana and katakana syllabaries. These are made up of characters that represent individual syllables, which are used to write Japanese words and particles. Kana are derived from kanji.
- A hiragana or katakana character.
verb
- (Singapore, Singlish, alt-of, alternative, invariable)Alternative form of kena.
name
- A female given name from Japanese.
- A surname.
- A gewog of Dagana District, Bhutan.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 仮名(かな) (kana, “phonetic character”, literally “borrowed character”, from the way that kana were originally Chinese characters "borrowed" for their phonetic values).
Words you can make from kana
5 playable · top: KA (6 pts)
Best play ka 6 points3-letter words
1 word2-letter words
3 wordsHooks
1 extension · 1 back
A single letter you can add to kana to make another valid word.
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