Speakur

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hanko

/hˈæŋkoʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.69 in modern English

Syllables
han-ko
IPA
/hˈæŋkoʊ/
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A traditional Japanese stamp bearing a personal seal, used (in place of a handwritten signature) to authorise or certify documents.

name

A port town and municipality of Uusimaa, on the southern coast of Finland.

name

A surname.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 版行(はんこ) (hanko).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Inflected Forms

hankos (plural)

Rhymes With

franco blanco banco janko branco danko franko panko stanko pankow yanko manko

Questions

How do you pronounce hanko?
The recorded pronunciation is /hˈæŋkoʊ/.
What does hanko mean?
A traditional Japanese stamp bearing a personal seal, used (in place of a handwritten signature) to authorise or certify documents.
Where does hanko come from?
It is traced to Polish.

How to pronounce hanko

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