變體假名

See also: 変体仮名 and 变体假名

Chinese

		variant; variant	pseudonym; false or fictitious name; to do something under a false premise
trad. (變體假名)		變體	假名
simp. (变体假名)		变体	假名

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 変(へん)体(たい)仮(が)名(な) (hentaigana).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): biàntǐ jiǎmíng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄊㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: biàntǐ jiǎmíng [Phonetic: biàntíjiǎmíng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄊㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: biàntǐ jiǎmíng
  - Wade–Giles: pien⁴-tʻi³ chia³-ming²
  - Yale: byàn-tǐ jyǎ-míng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bianntii jeaming
  - Palladius: бяньти цзямин (bjanʹti czjamin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵¹ tʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ miŋ³⁵/

Noun

變體假名

hentaigana

See also

平假名 (píngjiǎmíng)
片假名 (piànjiǎmíng)
萬葉假名／万叶假名 (wànyè jiǎmíng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
變	體	假	名
へん Hyōgai	たい Hyōgai	か > が Hyōgai	な Grade: 1
on'yomi	goon	irregular	kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 變體假名 – see the following entry.

【変体仮名へんたいがな】

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

Alternative spellings
変体がな, 變體がな

(This term, 變體假名, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)