変体仮名

See also: 變體假名 and 变体假名

Japanese
Signage for traditional restaurants are known to use hentaigana: * 生𛁛𛂦゙ = 生そば (nama-soba) * 𛂁𛀙゙井 = なが井 (nagai)
A page from Wakan sansai zue, typeset using hentaigana:— * をつと𛁩せい = をつとつせい (ottossei) * 𛀄しか = あしか (ashika)
Kanji in this term
変 体 仮 名
へん
Grade: 4		 たい
Grade: 2		 か > が
Grade: 5		 な
Grade: 1
on’yomi goon irregular kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
變體假名 (kyūjitai)

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(へん)体(たい)仮(が)名(な) • (hentaigana) 

  1. hentaigana: any of the hiragana made obsolete in Meiji-era reforms that enforced having one hiragana for each syllable

See also

References
  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →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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