え段
Japanese
Kanji in this term |
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段 |
だん Grade: 6 |
goon |
Alternative spellings |
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エ段 衣段 江段 |
Etymology
え (e) + 段 (“grade”)
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) えだん [éꜜdàǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
- IPA(key): [e̞dã̠ɴ]
Noun
え段 • (edan)
- (phonology, orthography, grammar) the fourth and second-lowest-graded column of the 五十音図 (literally “table of the fifty sounds”), consisting of the nine kana え/エ (e), け/ケ (ke), せ/セ (se), て/テ (te), ね/ネ (ne), へ/ヘ (he), め/メ (me), れ/レ (re) and ゑ/ヱ (we), and sometimes additionally 𛀁/𛄡 (ye)
- Synonym: え列
- Coordinate terms: あ段, い段, う段, お段