Hentaigana

In the Japanese writing system, hentaigana (変体仮名, 変体がな, Japanese pronunciation: [hentaiɡana] or [hentaꜜiɡana], lit. "variant kana") are variant forms of hiragana.

Hentaigana
変体仮名
変体がな
變體假名
變體がな
itaigana (異体仮名)
Script type
Syllabary
Time period
c.800 – 1900 CE; minor use at present
LanguagesJapanese
Related scripts
Parent systems
Oracle bone script
Sister systems
Katakana, Hiragana
ISO 15924
ISO 15924Hira (410), Hiragana
Unicode
Unicode alias
Hiragana
Unicode range
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