Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hanafuda

/ˌhɑːnəˈfuːdə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.19 in modern English

Syllables: hana-fu-da
IPA: /ˌhɑːnəˈfuːdə/

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Small, rigid Japanese playing cards with colorful drawings of flowers and animals, a single deck consisting of 48 cards divided in 12 suits that each represent a month.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"A pack of "Hana-fuda" consists of 48 cards, there being 12 different denominations or figures, and each such denomination or figure being represented by 4 cards of different face values; the figures on such 4 cards of the same denomination being the same, but having certain marks upon them to indicate the difference in their respective face values."
"Couldn't we play with hanafuda cards instead? I asked. I had a decent amount of experience with oichokabu or koi koi thanks to playing with my mom's family in the countryside."
"Briefly, Sin described the Hanafuda playing cards and how he had adapted them to his own ends."
"On a different occasion, he was playing hanafuda in a mountain hut with several Japanese."
"“What’s hanafuda?” Sam asked. “Plastic cards. Quite small and thick, with flowers and scenes of nature,” Watanabe-san said."

Etymology

From Japanese 花(はな)札(ふだ) (hanafuda), a compound of 花 (hana, “flower”) + 札 (fuda, “card”).

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

hwatu

Rhymes With

buddha judah barracuda gouda buda barbuda antigua and barbuda suda

Questions

How do you pronounce hanafuda?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌhɑːnəˈfuːdə/.
What does hanafuda mean?: Small, rigid Japanese playing cards with colorful drawings of flowers and animals, a single deck consisting of 48 cards divided in 12 suits that each represent a month.
Where does hanafuda come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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