な行

Japanese

Kanji in this term
行
ぎょう Grade: 2
goon

Alternative spellings
ナ行 奈行

Etymology

な (na) +‎ 行 (“row”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) な​ぎょー [náꜜgyòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [na̠ɡʲo̞ː]

Noun

な行(ぎょう) • (nagyō) ^{←なぎゃう (nagyau)?}

1. (phonology, orthography, grammar) the fifth row of the 五十音図 (literally “table of the fifty sounds”), consisting of the five kana な/ナ (na), に/ニ (ni), ぬ/ヌ (nu), ね/ネ (ne) and の/ノ (no)

   Coordinate terms: あ行, か行, さ行, た行, は行, ま行, や行, ら行, わ行

   ナ行(ぎょう)上(かみ)一(いち)段(だん)/下(しも)一(いち)段(だん)/下(しも)二(に)段(だん)/四(よ)段(だん)/五(ご)段(だん)/変(へん)格(かく)活(かつ)用(よう)

   nagyō kamīchidan/shimoichidan/shimonidan/yodan/godan/henkaku katsuyō

   na-row upper-monograde/lower-monograde/lower-bigrade/quadrigrade/quintigrade/irregular inflection