う段

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
だん
Grade: 6
goon
Alternative spellings
ウ段
宇段
 う段 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

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(u) +‎ (grade)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(だん) (udan

  1. (phonology, orthography, grammar) the third and middle-graded column of the 五十音図 (literally table of the fifty sounds), consisting of the nine kana / (u), / (ku), / (su), / (tsu), / (nu), / (fu), / (mu), / (yu) and / (ru), and sometimes additionally 𛄟 (𛄟)/𛄢 (wu)
    Synonym: う列
    Coordinate terms: あ段, い段, え段, お段