Etymology

furigana

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Today it means: Kana printed next to or above a kanji or other character to indicate the pronunciation. Full definition →

Japanese 振り仮名
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from振り仮名“annotating kana”
  2. English todayfurigana

Borrowed from Japanese 振り仮名 (furigana, “annotating kana”, literally “assigned provisional character”).

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