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	hentaigana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Hentaigana were used more or less interchangeably with their equivalent hiragana on an ad hoc, individual basis until 1900, when the hiragana syllabary was standardized to one character per mora.
		Hentaigana are used in some formal handwritten documents, particularly in certificates issued by classical Japanese cultural groups (e.g., martial art schools, etiquette schools, religious study groups, etc).
		Hentaigana may be used much like flletter in English and other Germanic languages, to give an archaic flair.
	www.sexyasianchat.com /wiki/?title=Hentaigana (367 words)

	Hentaigana - Wikipedia en espaÃ±ol (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		HistÃ³ricamente, son los manyÅgana, que permiten representar una misma sÃlaba mediante distintos caracteres kanji que se fueron simplificando y dieron lugar a formas cursivas que conocemos como hentaigana.
		Por ejemplo, muchas tiendas de soba utilizan hentaigana para escribir kisoba en los letreros.
		TambiÃ©n se utilizan los caracteres hentaigana en algunos documentos manuscritos formales, sobre todo en los certificados emitidos por grupos culturales clÃ¡sicos japoneses (como escuelas de artes marciales tradicionales, grupos de protocolo, grupos de estudios religiosos, etc).
	www.brujula.net /wiki/Hentaigana (316 words)

	Rishu kana handbook
		Without a knowledge of the kanji on which these hentaigana are based, it is not possible to read kana works.
		It is therefore essential to acquire a knowledge of hentaigana and their corresponding kanji in order to fully appreciate Japanese calligraphy.
		Also, the hentaigana are conveniently arranged in the order of the Japanese syllabary (‘a’, ‘i’, ‘u’, ‘e’, ‘o’, etc.), which makes it an easy reference for the user.
	www.japanesecalligraphy.org /Rishu_kana_handbook.html (405 words)

	The Complete Guide to Anachronisms in Samurai Champloo--Episode Eighteen
		The different letters used were based on the manyogana writing system, where different kanji were used for syllables without taking the semantics into consideration.
		Hentaigana (the term for the unstandardized characters) are used much in the same way -- instead of repeating the same hiragana character for the same sound, the author would use a different character.
		Hiragana was officially standardized in 1900; previously it was thought of as "lower" than Chinese (the official scholar's language), so it was primarily used by women (so it's no surprise that Fuu would know it) and lower classes.
	www.spookhouse.net /angelynx/comics/anachronisms-episode-eighteen.html (1270 words)

	International JFL Cafe. Japanese language jinmeiyo kanji.
		They are the set of glyphs that do not directly map to words, but still show up in modern Japanese usage as parts of family names.
		As a general rule, the characters accepted in names registered by families can only come from the joyo kanji, the jinmeiyo kanji, the katakana and the hiragana (excluding the hentaigana).
		With the publication of the ministerial opinion of 1946, which limited the number of kanji usable in Japanese (the toyo kanji), much of kanji used in proper names could not be used any more.
	internationaleflcafe.com /japanese-language-jinmeiyo-kanji.htm (825 words)

	Kana - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		In addition, alternate kana letterforms, known as hentaigana (変体仮名), have nearly disappeared.
		A few uses remain, such as kisoba, often written using obsolete kana on the signs of soba shops.
		The obsolete characters (WI and WE) also have their proper codepoints, except for hentaigana, as hentaigana are considered glyph variants of more common kana.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Kana (1247 words)

	Technology-Based Language Learning and Resources
		When the user selects a hentaigana variation, this feature allows him or her to look at examples of it occurring in original documents.
		The trouble is that the program is designed to search one document at a time, and if it doesn't find an example in one document, it stops to report that.
		In a large blank drawing area, you can "drag and drop" hentaigana to create your own "literary work." I said it's for fun only because it is not intended to be a serious hentaigana word processing program.
	www.colorado.edu /ealld/atj/Newsletter/tech.html (3159 words)

	strawberry in Kanji? \| MetaFilter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		These [hentaigana] are absent from Unicode (and it would be very complicated to add them), but even if they were present there would still be
		Anybody know (or have an educated guess) how that should go on from there?
		My guess is that he might have meant "difficulties in processing hentaigana input" or possibly "a strong case that modern Japanese can be fully represented in Unicode" (I've been translating Japanese since '89, and only learned of the existence of hentaigana this year, doing a little exploring into the history of Japanese orthography).
	www.metafilter.com /mefi/49845 (703 words)

	EALAC Premodern Japanese Studies
		Modern Japanese is available up to the fifth-year level.
		Instruction in the classical language encompasses Kobun, Kanbun, Sorobun, Hentaigana, and Komonjo Reading.
		Columbia's strengths in premodern and early-modern Japan studies are complemented by an equal commitment to cutting-edge research and teaching on modern Japan and on the broader East Asian ecumene.
	www.columbia.edu /cu/ealac/premodern_japanese_studies.html (1633 words)

	Newsletters: Winter 1999 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		That's good news for us all, because William Malm is arguably the best ambassador to Japan and Japanese music there is, and who knows what he will bring back to us next time.
		During her stay at Nichibunken she participated in seminars including the study of cursive characters (soshotai), reading old documents (komonjo), and hentaigana (variant kana).
		All were designed to help Japanese and Western scholars improve their ability to read old Japanese script.
	www.umich.edu /~iinet/cjs/about/newsletters/w99.html (6849 words)

	spring2000
		Credit 4 units for undergraduates, 3 units for graduate students.
		Readings in classical literary texts using materials from standard modern annotated editions as well as the introduction of skills necessary for reading original texts, including kambun and hentaigana.
		PREREQUISITE: JAPAN 413 OR CONCURRENT REGISTRATION; JAPAN 460 OR EQUIVALENT.
	www.artsci.wustl.edu /~eas/spring.html (2945 words)

	Komonjo&KuzushijiFAQ
		What can I do to prepare for the workshop?
		Brushing up on your kanbun and hentaigana skills will make for an easier transition to reading documents from the Beans Collection.
		When will I know if I have been accepted?
	www.asia.ubc.ca /index.php?id=6756 (475 words)

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