いろはじゅん

Japanese

Alternative spellings
伊呂波順 いろは順

Etymology

From いろは (iroha) + 順(じゅん) (jun, “order”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いろはじゅん [ìróhájúń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [iɾo̞ha̠ʑɨ̃ᵝɴ]

Noun

いろはじゅん • (iroha-jun) ^{←いろはじゆん (irofazyun)?}

1. the traditional collation order for the Japanese language consistent with the いろは歌 (Iroha Uta) pangrammatic poem, nowadays dated, having been replaced by the 五十音順 (gojūon-jun, “fifty sounds order”)