は行

は行

Japanese

Kanji in this term
行
ぎょう Grade: 2
goon

Alternative spellings
ハ行 波行

Etymology

は (ha) +‎ 行 (“row”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) は​ぎょー [háꜜgyòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠ɡʲo̞ː]

Noun

は行(ぎょう) • (hagyō) ^{←はぎゃう (fagyau)?}

1. (phonology, orthography, grammar) the sixth row of the 五十音図 (literally “table of the fifty sounds”), consisting of the five kana は/ハ (ha), ひ/ヒ (hi), ふ/フ (fu), へ/ヘ (he) and ほ/ホ (ho)

   ハ行(ぎょう)下(しも)一(いち)段(だん)/上(かみ)二(に)段(だん)/下(しも)二(に)段(だん)/四(よ)段(だん)活(かつ)用(よう)

   hagyō shimoichidan/kaminidan/shimonidan/yodan katsuyō

   ha-row lower-monograde/upper-bigrade/lower-bigrade/quadrigrade inflection

See also

• ば行(ぎょう) (bagyō)
• ぱ行(ぎょう) (pagyō)