Japanese

Hentaigana for は ‎(ha), from cursive for 盤

Hiragana for は ‎(ha), from cursive for 波

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

• 万葉仮名 (まんようがな) ‎(man'yōgana): Man'yō characters, the ancestors of modern kana as derived from cursive forms of kanji used phonetically in the Man'yōshū collection of poetry

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