上じょう代だい仮が名な

noun

ancient kana; cursive kanji syllabary (Heian period)

Historical term for a writing system used in the Heian period where cursive kanji forms were employed as a syllabary, distinct from modern kana.

• 上じょう代だい仮名がなは、平へい安あん時じ代だいに使つかわれた草そう書しょ体たいの漢かん字じを音おん節せつ文も字じとして用もちいたものです。

  Jōdai-gana is a writing system from the Heian period that used cursive kanji as syllabic characters.