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 kamīchidan/shimoichidan/shimonidan katsuyō

   a-row upper-monograde/lower-monograde/lower-bigrade inflection