English

Noun

hentaigana ‎(plural hentaigana)

1. (Japanese) a variant form of a hiragana or katakana character.
   • 1985, Earl Miner, Hiroko Odagiri, and Robert E. Morrell, The Princeton Companion to Classical Japanese Literature, Princeton University Press, ISBN 0-691-00825-6, page 281,

     Modern hiragana is a descendant of various earlier versions now usually called hentaigana.

Related terms

• hiragana
• katakana
• man'yōgana

Translations

See also

• hentaigana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Japanese

Romanization

hentaigana

1. rōmaji reading of へんたいがな