牛うしの角つの文も字じ

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.

• 昔むかしの仮か名なの呼よび名なで、「い」を「牛うしの角つの文も字じ」と言いったことがある。

  In old kana naming, the character 'i' was sometimes called 'ushi no tsuno moji' (cow's horn character).