syllabary
noun/ˈsɪləˌbɛri/
Frequency rank: #19,863 most common English word
Meaning
A set of written symbols in which each character represents a syllable rather than a single sound or a whole word.
Example sentence
Japanese students often learn syllabary before moving on to kanji.
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