Hentaigana
Origin
From Japanese 変体仮å.
Full definition of hentaigana
Noun
hentaigana
(plural hentaigana)- (Japanese) A kana character that is neither hiragana nor katakana.
- 1985, Earl Miner, Hiroko Odagiri, and Robert E. Morrell, The Princeton Companion to Classical Japanese Literature, Princeton University Press, ISBN 0-691-00825-6, page 281,Modern hiragana is a descendant of various earlier versions now usually called hentaigana.