異体仮名

Japanese

Kanji in this term
異 体 仮 名
い
Grade: 6 		たい
Grade: 2 		か > が
Grade: 5 		な
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

  • IPA(key): [ita̠iɡa̠na̠]

Noun

異(い)体(たい)仮(が)名(な) • (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)
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