う段

Japanese

Kanji in this term
段
だん Grade: 6
goon

Alternative spellings
ウ段 宇段

Etymology

う (u) +‎ 段 (“grade”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) うだん [úꜜdàǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟dã̠ɴ]

Noun

う段(だん) • (udan) 

1. (phonology, orthography, grammar) the third and middle-graded column of the 五十音図 (literally “table of the fifty sounds”), consisting of the nine kana う/ウ (u), く/ク (ku), す/ス (su), つ/ツ (tsu), ぬ/ヌ (nu), ふ/フ (fu), む/ム (mu), ゆ/ユ (yu) and る/ル (ru), and sometimes additionally 𛄟 (𛄟)/𛄢 (wu)

   Synonym: う列

   Coordinate terms: あ段, い段, え段, お段