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)