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Furigana - Kana to Supplement Kanji
 

Furigana, also called yomigana, are kana printed next to a kanji or other character to indicate its pronunciation.

In horizontal text, they are above the character; in vertical text, they are to the right of the character. They are one type of ruby text.

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