女おんな仮が名な

noun

hiragana (archaic term)

Archaic term for hiragana, literally 'women's kana', reflecting the historical association of hiragana with women's writing. The modern standard term is 平仮名 (ひらがな).

See also: 男仮名

• 平へい安あん時じ代だいには、女おんな仮名がなは主おもに女じょ性せいの手て紙がみや文ぶん学がくに使つかわれた。

  In the Heian period, onnagana was used mainly in women's letters and literature.