[rubi-(P); rubi (P)](n) (1) (esp. ルビー) ruby; (2) (esp. ルビ) ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material); (3) { comp } Ruby (programming language); (P)#12192[Add to Longdo]
[おんがな, ongana](n) (obsc) (prior to the advent of kana) kanji used to represent readings of words, selected for their on-yomi, regardless of meaning[Add to Longdo]
[おんはかせ;こえのはかせ(ik);おんぱかせ(ik), onhakase ; koenohakase (ik); onpakase (ik)](n) professor specializing in the readings of kanji in classic Confucianist texts[Add to Longdo]
[くんがな, kungana](n) (obsc) (prior to the advent of kana) kanji used to represent readings of words, selected for their kun-yomi, regardless of meaning[Add to Longdo]
[こっくん, kokkun](n) Japanese reading of a kanji (sometimes esp. in ref. to readings that do not correspond to the orig. Chinese meaning of the kanji)[Add to Longdo]