変へん体たい仮が名な

noun

hentaigana; non-standard kana; variant kana forms

Historical kana forms derived from cursive kanji, used before the modern kana standardization. Now mainly seen in classical texts, calligraphy, or stylistic contexts.

• 変へん体たい仮名がなは、平ひら仮が名なの旧きゅう字じ体たいのようなものです。

  Hentaigana are like old-style forms of hiragana.

• 古こ文もん書じょを読よむには、変へん体たい仮名がなを覚おぼえる必ひつ要ようがある。

  To read old documents, you need to learn hentaigana.