さ行

Japanese

Kanji in this term
行
ぎょう Grade: 2
goon

Alternative spellings
サ行 佐行

Etymology

さ (sa) +‎ 行 (“row”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) さぎょー [sáꜜgyòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [sa̠ɡʲo̞ː]

Noun

さ行(ぎょう) • (sagyō) ^{←さぎゃう (sagyau)?}

1. (phonology, orthography, grammar) the third row of the 五十音図 (literally “table of the fifty sounds”), consisting of the five kana さ/サ (sa), し/シ (shi), す/ス (su), せ/セ (se) and そ/ソ (so)

   Coordinate terms: あ行, か行, ざ行, た行, な行, は行, ま行, や行, ら行, わ行

   サ行(ぎょう)下(しも)一(いち)段(だん)/下(しも)二(に)段(だん)/四(よ)段(だん)/五(ご)段(だん)/変(へん)格(かく)活(かつ)用(よう)

   sagyō shimoichidan/shimonidan/yodan/godan/henkaku katsuyō

   sa-row lower-monograde/lower-bigrade/quadrigrade/quintigrade/irregular inflection