furigana

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furigana

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

noun furigana

Japanese Kana printed next to or above a kanji or other character to indicate the pronunciation. Furigana are indispensable for some names of people and places whose Kanji are not included among the official Kanji list, and whose sounds can be unusual and even idiosyncratic.
Similar: ruby character, rubi character

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noun furigana

한국어	후리가나 hurigana
日本語	振り仮名 furigana, ルビ rubi
中文	振假名 zhènjiǎmíng
Русский	фурига́на furigána, ру́би rúbi
العربية	فُورِيغَانَا furigānā, فُورِيغَانَا furiḡānā

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@misc{furigana_2026,
  title = {furigana},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/furigana},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}