変体仮名

Japanese

Hentaigana for は (ha), from cursive for 盤
Hiragana for は (ha), from cursive for 波
Kanji in this term
変 体 仮 名
へん
Grade: 4		 たい
Grade: 2		 か > が
Grade: 5		 な
Grade: 1

Etymology

Compound of 変体 (hentai, “variant form”) +‎ 仮名 (kana, “the hiragana or katakana syllabaries; a syllabary character”). The kana changes to gana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

変体仮名 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 變體假名, hiragana へんたいがな, rōmaji 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
  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
  3. ↑ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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