ま行

Japanese

Kanji in this term
行
ぎょう Grade: 2
goon

Alternative spellings
マ行 麻行

Etymology

ま (ma) +‎ 行 (“row”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ま​ぎょー [máꜜgyòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ma̠ɡʲo̞ː]

Noun

ま行(ぎょう) • (magyō) ^{←まぎゃう (magyau)?}

1. (phonology, orthography, grammar) the sixth row of the 五十音図 (literally “table of the fifty sounds”), consisting of the five kana ま/マ (ma), み/ミ (mi), む/ム (mu), め/メ (me) and も/モ (mo)

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

   マ行(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)活(かつ)用(よう)

   magyō kamīchidan/kaminidan/shimoichidan/shimonidan/yodan/godan katsuyō

   ma-row upper-monograde/upper-bigrade/lower-monograde/lower-bigrade/quadrigrade/quintigrade inflection