Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

haafu

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
haa-fu
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

person of half or mixed ethnic Japanese and other ancestries usually from outside Japan

Informal

noun

person of half or mixed heritage of multiple ethnic groups (in general)

Colloquial

Etymology

From Japanese ハーフ (hāfu, “mixed-race (unspecified)”), from English half. Doublet of half.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

haafus (plural) hafu (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

Nikkei nikkeijin

Questions

What does haafu mean?
person of half or mixed ethnic Japanese and other ancestries usually from outside Japan
Where does haafu come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

How to pronounce haafu

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