Chinese edit

variant; variant pseudonym; false or fictitious name; to do something under a false premise
trad. (變體假名) 變體 假名
simp. (变体假名) 变体 假名

Etymology edit

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese (へん)(たい)()() (hentaigana).

Pronunciation edit


Noun edit

變體假名

  1. hentaigana

See also edit

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
へん
Hyōgaiji
たい
Hyōgaiji
か > が
Hyōgaiji

Grade: 1
on’yomi goon irregular kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 變體假名 – see the following entry.
変体仮名へんたいがな
[noun] hentaigana: any of the hiragana made obsolete in Meiji-era reforms that enforced having one hiragana for each syllable
(This term, 變體假名, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)