か行

Japanese

Kanji in this term
行
ぎょう Grade: 2
goon

Alternative spellings
カ行 加行

Etymology

か (ka) +‎ 行 (“row”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) か​ぎょー [káꜜgyòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ɡʲo̞ː]

Noun

か行(ぎょう) • (kagyō) ^{←かぎゃう (kagyau)?}

1. (phonology, orthography, grammar) the second row of the 五十音図 (literally “table of the fifty sounds”), consisting of the five kana か/カ (ka), き/キ (ki), く/ク (ku), け/ケ (ke) and こ/コ (ko)

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

   カ行(ぎょう)上(かみ)一(いち)段(だん)/上(かみ)二(に)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)

   kagyō kamīchidan/kaminidan/shimoichidan/shimonidan/yodan/godan/henkaku katsuyō

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