い段

Japanese

Kanji in this term
段
だん
Grade: 6
goon
Alternative spellings
イ段
伊段

Etymology

い (i) +‎ 段 (“grade”)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) いだん [íꜜdàǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [idã̠ɴ]

Noun

い段(だん) • (idan) 

  1. (phonology, orthography, grammar) the second and second-highest-graded column of the 五十音図 (literally “table of the fifty sounds”), consisting of the nine kana い/イ (i), き/キ (ki), し/シ (shi), ち/チ (chi), に/ニ (ni), ひ/ヒ (hi), み/ミ (mi), り/リ (ri) and ゐ/ヰ (wi), and sometimes additionally 𛀆/𛄠 (yi)
    Synonym: い列
    Coordinate terms: あ段, う段, え段, お段
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