The 1900 standard included the hiragana ゐ, ゑ, and を, which historically stood for the phonetically distinct moras /wi/, /we/, and /wo/ but are currently pronounced as /i/, /e/, and /o/, identically to い, え, and お.

Katakana's choices of man'yōgana segments had stabilized early on and established – with few exceptions – an unambiguous phonemic orthography (one symbol per sound) long before the 1900 script regularization.

[8] Before the proposal which led to the inclusion of hentaigana in Unicode 10.0, they were already standardized into a list by Mojikiban, part of the Japanese Information-technology Promotion Agency (IPA).

[9] 𛀅(惡) 𛀃(愛) 𛀄(阿) 𛀇(伊) 𛀈(意) 𛀉(移) 𛀋(宇) 𛀌(憂) 𛀍(有) 𛀎(雲) 𛀏(盈) 𛀐(縁) 𛀑(衣) 𛀒(衣) 𛀓(要) 𛀕(於) 𛀖(隱) 𛀘(加) 𛀙(可) 𛀚(可) 𛀛(嘉) 𛀢(家) 𛀜(我) 𛀝(歟) 𛀞(賀) 𛀟(閑) 𛀠(香) 𛀡(駕) 𛀤(幾) 𛀥(幾) 𛀦(支) 𛀻(期) 𛀧(木) 𛀨(祈) 𛀩(貴) 𛀪(起) 𛀬(久) 𛀭(九) 𛀮(供) 𛀯(倶) 𛀰(具) 𛀱(求) 𛀲(介) 𛀢(家) 𛀴(希) 𛀵(氣) 𛀶(計) 𛀷(遣) 𛂘(子) 𛀹(故) 𛀻(期) 𛀺(許) 𛀽(佐) 𛀾(佐) 𛀿(左) 𛁀(差) 𛁁(散) 𛁂(斜) 𛁃(沙) 𛁅(之) 𛁆(事) 𛁇(四) 𛁈(志) 𛁉(新) 𛁋(壽) 𛁌(數) 𛁍(數) 𛁎(春) 𛁏(春) 𛁐(須) 𛁑(須) 𛁓(世) 𛁔(世) 𛁕(勢) 𛁖(聲) 𛁘(所) 𛁙(曾) 𛁚(曾) 𛁛(楚) 𛁜(蘇) 𛁝(處) 𛁟(多) 𛁠(多) 𛁡(當) 𛁣(地) 𛁤(智) 𛁥(知) 𛁦(知) 𛁧(致) 𛁨(遲) 𛁪(川) 𛁫(津) 𛁬(都) 𛁭(徒) 𛁯(低) 𛁰(傳) 𛁱(天) 𛁲(天) 𛁳(天) 𛁴(帝) 𛁵(弖) 𛁶(轉) 𛂎(而) 𛁸(度) 𛁹(東) 𛁺(登) 𛁻(登) 𛁼(砥) 𛁽(等) 𛁭(徒) 𛁿(名) 𛂀(奈) 𛂁(奈) 𛂂(奈) 𛂃(菜) 𛂄(那) 𛂅(那) 𛂆(難) 𛂈(二) 𛂉(仁) 𛂊(兒) 𛂋(爾) 𛂌(爾) 𛂍(耳) 𛂎(而) 𛂐(奴) 𛂑(怒) 𛂓(年) 𛂔(年) 𛂕(根) 𛂖(熱) 𛂗(禰) 𛂘(子) 𛂚(濃) 𛂛(能) 𛂜(能) 𛂝(農) 𛂟(半) 𛂠(婆) 𛂡(波) 𛂢(盤) 𛂣(盤) 𛂤(破) 𛂥(者) 𛂦(者) 𛂧(葉) 𛂨(頗) 𛂪(日) 𛂫(比) 𛂬(避) 𛂭(非) 𛂮(飛) 𛂯(飛) 𛂱(婦) 𛂲(布) 𛂴(弊) 𛂵(弊) 𛂶(遍) 𛂷(邊) 𛂸(邊) 𛂹(部) 𛂻(保) 𛂼(報) 𛂽(奉) 𛂾(寶) 𛂿(本) 𛃀(本) 𛃁(豊) 𛃃(末) 𛃄(末) 𛃅(滿) 𛃆(滿) 𛃇(萬) 𛃈(麻) 𛃖(馬) 𛃊(微) 𛃋(美) 𛃌(美) 𛃍(美) 𛃎(見) 𛃏(身) 𛃑(無) 𛃒(牟) 𛃓(舞) 𛄝(无) 𛄞(无) 𛃕(面) 𛃖(馬) 𛃘(毛) 𛃙(毛) 𛃚(毛) 𛃛(茂) 𛃜(裳) 𛄝(无) 𛄞(无) 𛃞(也) 𛃟(屋) 𛃠(耶) 𛃡(耶) 𛃢(夜) 𛃤(由) 𛃥(由) 𛃦(遊) 𛃨(余) 𛃩(與) 𛃪(與) 𛃫(與) 𛃬(餘) 𛃢(夜) 𛃮(良) 𛃯(良) 𛃰(良) 𛁽(等) 𛃲(利) 𛃳(李) 𛃴(梨) 𛃵(理) 𛃶(里) 𛃷(離) 𛃹(留) 𛃺(留) 𛃻(留) 𛃼(累) 𛃽(類) 𛃿(礼) 𛄀(連) 𛄁(麗) 𛄃(呂) 𛄄(婁) 𛄅(樓) 𛄆(路) 𛄇(露) 𛄉(和) 𛄊(和) 𛄋(王) 𛄌(王) 𛄎(井) 𛄏(居) 𛄐(爲) 𛄑(遺) 𛄓(衞) 𛄔(衞) 𛄕(衞) 𛄗(乎) 𛄘(尾) 𛄙(緒) 𛄚(越) 𛄛(遠) 𛄜(遠) 𛀅(惡) 𛄞(无) To view hentaigana, special fonts need to be installed that support Hentaigana such as The glyph for example Hiragana wu (𛄟) also needs a special font to display such as Hentaigana are adapted from the reduced and cursive forms of the following man’yōgana (kanji) characters.

For example, か, 𛁈 and 𛂦 may be used at the beginning of a word, while 𛀙, 𛁅 and 𛂡 may be used elsewhere, while 𛂞[b] was used extensively specifically for the topic particle.

Also, they are occasionally used in reproductions of classic Japanese texts, akin to blackletter in English and other Germanic languages to give an archaic flair.

[17] However, most Japanese people cannot read hentaigana nowadays, only recognizing a few from their common use in shop signs, or figuring them out from context.