お段

Japanese

Kanji in this term
段
だん
Grade: 6
goon
Alternative spellings
オ段
於段

Etymology

お (o) +‎ 段 (“grade”)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) おだん [óꜜdàǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [o̞dã̠ɴ]

Noun

お段(だん) • (odan) 

  1. (phonology, orthography, grammar) the fifth and lowest-graded column of the 五十音図 (literally “table of the fifty sounds”), consisting of the ten kana お/オ (o), こ/コ (ko), そ/ソ (so), と/ト (to), の/ノ (no), ほ/ホ (ho), も/モ (mo), よ/ヨ (yo), ろ/ロ (ro) and を/ヲ (wo)
    Synonym: お列
    Coordinate terms: あ段, い段, う段, え段
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