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Japanese
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
異体仮名 • (itaigana)
- 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)