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  1. hentaigananoun

    A kana character that is neither hiragana nor katakana.

  2. Etymology: From 変体仮名.

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  1. Hentaigana

    In the Japanese writing system, hentaigana are obsolete hiragana. They include both variants of current hiragana, and distinct alternative hiragana. Today, with a few exceptions, there is only one hiragana for each of the fifty consonant–vowel sequences in Japanese, but before 1900, there were generally several more-or-less interchangeable hiragana for each. A 1900 law ordained that only one selected character be used for each mora, with the others referred to as hentaigana. Although not normally used in publication, hentaigana are still used in shop signs and brand names to create a traditional or antiquated air. Hiragana originate in man'yōgana, a system where kanji were used to write sounds without regard to their meaning. There was more than one kanji that could be used for each syllable. Over time the man'yōgana was reduced to a cursive form, the hiragana. Many hentaigana derive from different kanji than standard hiragana, but some are the result of different styles of cursive writing. Hentaigana are not included in Unicode, though there is a proposal to encode them.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of hentaigana in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of hentaigana in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8


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