hentaigana

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Related terms 1.2.2 See also 2 Japanese 2.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From the Japanese. Not related to hentai.

[edit] Noun

hentaigana (plural hentaigana)

1. (Japanese) A kana character that is neither hiragana nor katakana.
   • 1985, Earl Miner, Hiroko Odagiri, and Robert E. Morrell, The Princeton Companion to Classical Japanese Literature, Princeton University Press, ISBN 0-691-00825-6, page 281,

     Modern hiragana is a descendant of various earlier versions now usually called hentaigana.

[edit] Related terms

• hiragana
• katakana
• man'yōgana

[edit] See also

• Hentaigana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Noun

hentaigana (kyūjitai 變體假名, kanji 変体仮名, hiragana へんたいがな)

1. A hentaigana.