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hanky

How many syllables in hanky?

  2 syllables

Divide hanky into syllables:   han-ky
How to pronounce hanky:   hang-kee
How to say hanky:

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What rhymes with hanky

2 syllables
  • cranky
  • hankey
  • Yankee
  • frankie
  • lanky
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