Hyphenation of tanka

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word tanka? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

tan-ka

Definitions of tanka:

1.	A form of Japanese poetry The 1st and 3rd lines have five syllables and the 2nd, 4th, and 5th have seven syllables
2.	A Tibetan religious painting on fabric

Synonyms of tanka:

noun	poem, verse form
noun	painting, picture

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.