Japanese
| Kanji in this term
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| 段
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だん Grade: 6
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| goon
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| Alternative spellings
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エ段 衣段 江段
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Etymology
え (e) + 段 (“grade”)
Pronunciation
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