noun
hiragana character 'i' or 'hi'
Archaic name for the hiragana character い or ひ, derived from its shape resembling a cow's horn. Used in old kana naming conventions.
昔の仮名の呼び名で、「い」を「牛の角文字」と言ったことがある。
In old kana naming, the character 'i' was sometimes called 'ushi no tsuno moji' (cow's horn character).
From 牛 (ushi, 'cow') + の (no, possessive particle) + 角 (tsuno, 'horn') + 文字 (moji, 'character'), referring to the shape of the hiragana い or ひ resembling a cow's horn.