ば行

Japanese

Kanji in this term
行
ぎょう Grade: 2
goon

Alternative spelling
バ行

Etymology

ば (ba) +‎ 行 (“row”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ば​ぎょー [báꜜgyòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ba̠ɡʲo̞ː]

Noun

ば行(ぎょう) • (bagyō) ^{←ばぎゃう (bagyau)?}

1. (phonology, orthography, grammar) a row derived from the は行 (“ha-row”) of the 五十音図 (literally “table of the fifty sounds”) (but not included in the table) by adding the diacritical mark ゛, consisting of the five kana ば/バ (ba), び/ビ (bi), ぶ/ブ (bu), べ/ベ (be) and ぼ/ボ (bo)

   Coordinate terms: は行, ぱ行

   バ行(ぎょう)上(かみ)一(いち)段(だん)/下(しも)一(いち)段(だん)/上(かみ)二(に)段(だん)/四(よ)段(だん)/五(ご)段(だん)活(かつ)用(よう)

   bagyō kamīchidan/shimoichidan/kaminidan/yodan/godan katsuyō

   ba-row upper-monograde/lower-monograde/upper-bigrade/quadrigrade/quintigrade inflection