Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nanori

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
nanori
IPA
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Japanese reading of a kanji character that is used for names of people or places, but that is otherwise a non-standard reading for that character.

Etymology

From Japanese 名乗り (nanori, literally “name + riding”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does nanori mean?
A Japanese reading of a kanji character that is used for names of people or places, but that is otherwise a non-standard reading for that character.
Where does nanori come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

How to pronounce nanori

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