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hentaigana

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From Japanese 変(へん)体(たい)仮(が)名(な) (hentaigana).

noun hentaigana

  1. A character belonging to obsolete, now non-standard hiragana. Modern hiragana is a descendant of various earlier versions now usually called hentaigana.

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noun (Japanese) a variant form of a hiragana or katakana character

한국어헨타이가나 hentaigana
日本語変体仮名 hentaigana
中文變體假名 /变体假名 biàntǐ jiǎmíng
हिन्दीहेन्ताईगाना hentāīgānā, हेंताईगाना hẽtāīgānā
Françaishentaigana
Русскийхэнта́йга́на xɛntájgána
العربيةهينتايغانا hayntāyghānā

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@misc{hentaigana_2026,
  title = {hentaigana},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hentaigana},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}