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The following section represents a set of obsolete Japanese characters and an unusual variant of writing called Hentaigana. These characters used to be the italics of the Manyogana script, which used Chinese characters.
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Hentaigana character: [U:1B11D]
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Parental hieroglyph: [U:65E0]
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As a result, it led to the creation of the syllable alphabet which is known as [block:hiragana Hiragana].
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After the Japanese script had undergone some reforms in 1900, Hentaigana practically called the quits. Nowadays it's applied for decorative purposes in order to make a text look more ancient and beautiful.
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Historically speaking, the Hentaigana script contains around 800 symbols, the majority of which you can find in the block with [block:kana-supplement Kana supplements]. |