List: out-dated or obsolete kana usage
Readings no longer used in modern Japanese.
obsolete reading numeric
- 700, seven hundred
obsolete reading noun noun (generic) Buddhism
- flower basket
- flower basket (or plate) used for flower-scattering rituals
obsolete reading archaic noun noun (generic)
- gourd, calabash, bottle gourd
- dried gourd, used as flask
obsolete reading usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Chinese fan palm (Livistona chinensis)
obsolete reading historical term noun noun (generic)
- jue (ancient 3-legged Chinese wine pitcher, usu. made of bronze)
- peerage (hereditary title bestowed by the emperor)
obsolete reading noun or verb acting prenominally adjective (generic)
- heavenly, celestial, divine
obsolete reading obsolete kanji usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Eurya japonica (species of evergreen related to sakaki)
obsolete reading archaic Buddhism noun noun (generic)
- a weight
- temple supervisor
- town (of China)
obsolete reading archaic noun noun (generic) obsolete term
- secretary (lowest of the four administrative ranks of the ritsuryล system)
- shrine official (ranking below a negi)
obsolete reading noun noun (generic)
- Japanese bigleaf magnolia (Magnolia obovata)