あ行

Japanese

Kanji in this term
行
ぎょう
Grade: 2
goon
Alternative spellings
ア行
阿行

Etymology

あ (a) +‎ 行 (“row”)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) あ​ぎょー [áꜜgyòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [a̠ɡʲo̞ː]

Noun

あ行(ぎょう) • (agyō) ←あぎゃう (agyau)?

  1. (phonology, orthography, grammar) the first row of the 五十音図 (literally “table of the fifty sounds”), consisting of the five kana あ/ア (a), い/イ (i), う/ウ (u), え/エ (e) and お/オ (o)
    Coordinate terms: あ段, か行, さ行, た行, な行, は行, ま行, や行, ら行, わ行
    ア行(ぎょう)上(かみ)一(いち)段(だん)/下(しも)一(いち)段(だん)/下(しも)二(に)段(だん)活(かつ)用(よう)
    agyō kamiichidan/shimoichidan/shimonidan katsuyō
    a-row upper-monograde/lower-monograde/lower-bigrade inflection
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