異体仮名

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 6
たい
Grade: 2
か > が
Grade: 5

Grade: 1
on'yomi irregular kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
異體假名 (kyūjitai)
異体がな
異體がな

Etymology

Compound of 異体 (itai, variant) +‎ 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

()(たい)()() (itaigana

  1. hentaigana: any of the hiragana made obsolete in Meiji-era reforms that enforced having one hiragana for each syllable
    Synonym: 変体仮名 (hentaigana)