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変体仮名

変体仮名

See also: 變體假名 and 变体假名

Japanese

Hentaigana for (ha), from cursive for
Hiragana for (ha), from cursive for
Kanji in this term
へん
Grade: 4
たい
Grade: 2
か > が
Grade: 5

Grade: 1

Noun

変体仮名 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 變體假名, hiragana へんたいがな, romaji hentaigana)

  1. hentaigana: a variant form of a hiragana or katakana character, often from an alternate 万葉仮名 (man'yōgana)

See also

References

  1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  2. 1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13143-0