symbols instead of hentaigana. In the Japanese writing system, hentaigana (変体仮名, 変体がな, Japanese pronunciation: [hentaiɡana] or [hentaꜜiɡana], lit. "variant...

(平（ひら）仮（が）名（な）), and (3) katakana (片（カタ）仮（カ）名（ナ）). There are also hentaigana (変体仮名, literally 'variant kana'), which are historical variants of the now-standard...

only one hiragana. The deprecated hiragana are now known as hentaigana (変体仮名). The pangram poem Iroha-uta ("ABC song/poem"), which dates to the 10th century...

eventually gave rise to hiragana, including the now-obsolete hentaigana (変体仮名) alternatives, alongside a separate system that became katakana. Hiragana...

occupation of the Iberian peninsula. See also Japanese numerals. Hentaigana (変体仮名), a set of archaic kana made obsolete by the Meiji reformation, are sometimes...

(Shachihata). In addition, alternate kana letterforms, known as hentaigana (変体仮名), have nearly disappeared. A few uses remain, such as kisoba, often written...