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A table of syllables; more especially, a table of the indivisible syllabic symbols used in certain languages, as the Japanese and Cherokee, instead of letters.

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  1. n. A table of syllables; more especially, a table of the indivisible syllabic symbols used in certain languages, as the Japanese and Cherokee, instead of letters.
  2. n. a writing system whose characters represent syllables
  3. A table of syllables; more especially, a table of the indivisible syllabic symbols used in certain languages, as the Japanese and Cherokee, instead of letters. S. W. Williams.
  4. A table of syllables; more especially, a table of theindivisible syllabic symbols used in certain languages, as theJapanese and Cherokee, instead of letters. S. W. Williams.
  5. n:100 n. a writing system whose characters represent syllables