変体仮名

See also: 變體假名 and 变体假名

Japanese

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 spellings
變體假名 (kyūjitai) 変体がな變體がな

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

(Tokyo) へんたいがな [hèńtáígáná] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
(Tokyo) へんたいがな [hèńtáꜜìgànà] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [hẽ̞nta̠iɡa̠na̠]

Noun

変(へん)体(たい)仮(が)名(な) • (hentaigana)

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

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-1] 1.0 ^1.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[SMK5-3] Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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