Where does “変体仮名” come from?
変体仮名 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 仮名, from Japanese 名, from Middle Chinese 名 — name.
変体仮名 (Japanese): hentaigana: obsolete, now-non-standard hiragana
Definitions
- hentaigana: obsolete, now-non-standard hiragana
Ancestry of “変体仮名”, step by step
変体仮名 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 仮名
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 仮名 | a category of Japanese syllabary scripts: kana; a... |
| 2 | Japanese | 名 | name; reputation; famous, great, noted |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 名 | name |
via Japanese 変体
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 変体 | variant; variation |