Meanings
nounhentaigana (plural hentaigana)
- A character belonging to obsolete, now non-standard hiragana.
Modern hiragana is a descendant of various earlier versions now usually called hentaigana.
1985, Earl Miner, Hiroko Odagiri, Robert E. Morrell, The Princeton Companion to Classical Japanese Literature, Princeton University Press,, →ISBN, page 281
Origin
From Japanese 変(へん)体(たい)仮(が)名(な) (hentaigana).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic هينتايغانا
- هينتايغانا (hayntāyghānā)(Japanese) a variant form of a hiragana or katakana character
Chinese Mandarin 變體假名 /变体假名
- 變體假名 /变体假名 (biàntǐ jiǎmíng)(Japanese) a variant form of a hiragana or katakana character
French hentaigana
- hentaigana(Japanese) a variant form of a hiragana or katakana character
Hindi हेन्ताईगाना, हेंताईगाना
- हेन्ताईगाना (hentāīgānā)(Japanese) a variant form of a hiragana or katakana character
- हेंताईगाना (hẽtāīgānā)(Japanese) a variant form of a hiragana or katakana character
Japanese 変体仮名
- 変体仮名 (hentaigana)(Japanese) a variant form of a hiragana or katakana character
Korean 헨타이가나
- 헨타이가나 (hentaigana)(Japanese) a variant form of a hiragana or katakana character
Polish hentaigana
- hentaigana(Japanese) a variant form of a hiragana or katakana character
Russian хэнта́йга́на
- хэнта́йга́на (xɛntájgána)(Japanese) a variant form of a hiragana or katakana character
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with hentaigana
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
hentaigana. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hentaigana
MLA
“hentaigana.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hentaigana. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hentaigana,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hentaigana.
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