Chinese

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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

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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變體假名

  1. hentaigana

See also

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Japanese

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

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
Alternative spellings
変体がな, 變體がな
(This term, 變體假名, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)