かな

Etymology 1
Combination of 🇰🇲.

First attested in the late- as an apparent shift in sense from the 🇨🇬 and classical usage, wherein the came to express more a sense of mild doubt rather than admiration (see that section for more).

Particle

 * 1)  really?, is it?
 * 2)   I hope, I wish
 * 1)  really?, is it?
 * 2)   I hope, I wish
 * 1)   I hope, I wish

Etymology 2
From. First attested in the early 700s.

From 🇰🇲.

Displaced particle around the early-Middle Japanese stage.

Usage notes
Still used in contexts that deliberately evoke a classical or literary sense, such as poetry.