え段

Japanese

Kanji in this term
段
だん Grade: 6
goon

Alternative spellings
エ段 衣段 江段

Etymology

え (e) +‎ 段 (“grade”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) え​だん [éꜜdàǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [e̞dã̠ɴ]

Noun

え段(だん) • (edan) 

1. (phonology, orthography, grammar) the fourth and second-lowest-graded column of the 五十音図 (literally “table of the fifty sounds”), consisting of the nine kana え/エ (e), け/ケ (ke), せ/セ (se), て/テ (te), ね/ネ (ne), へ/ヘ (he), め/メ (me), れ/レ (re) and ゑ/ヱ (we), and sometimes additionally 𛀁/𛄡 (ye)

   Synonym: え列

   Coordinate terms: あ段, い段, う段, お段