変体

へんたい

Meanings

1. Noun, の-adjective unusual form; different shape; variant (e.g. kanji, kana)

Kanji

• 変 change. Read as ヘン.
• 体 body. Read as タイ.

Words containing 変体

• 変体仮名 (へんたいがな) non-standard kana
• 変体漢文 (へんたいかんぶん) Japanized version of classical Chinese (used from Heian period onward)

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