合ごう略りゃく仮が名な

noun

kana ligature

A historical typographic abbreviation in which two or more kana characters are combined into a single glyph, used in pre-modern Japanese printing and calligraphy.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの版はん本ぽんには合ごう略りゃく仮名がながよく見みられる。

  Kana ligatures are often seen in Edo-period woodblock-printed books.

• 「より」を表あらわす合ごう略りゃく仮名がなは、現げん代だいではほとんど使つかわれない。

  The kana ligature representing 'yori' is hardly used today.