Of course there's actually a lot of variation in early katakana forms, esp. in Heian period gloss texts. For instance, the 2nd & 3rd stroke are sometimes of roughly equal length, at times even 艹-like. See the upper and lower left corner in the pic (< https://t.co/RvI85ZNVcg). 5/ https://t.co/sjO3oQ4zcU