the 'a' column of the Japanese syllabary table (a, i, u, e, o)
Refers to the row of kana starting with the vowel 'a': あいうえお (hiragana) or アイウエオ (katakana). Used in discussions of Japanese phonology, kana order, and dictionary arrangement.
The 'a' row of the gojūon chart is 'a, i, u, e, o'.
In the dictionary, the 'ka' row comes after the 'a' row.
Standard hiragana spelling for the 'a' row of the kana table.
Katakana spelling, used especially in contexts emphasizing katakana or when the row is written in katakana.
Rare ateji spelling using the kanji 阿 for 'a'; not commonly used.
Compound of あ (a, the first kana) + 行 (ぎょう, row/line), referring to the row of the kana table that begins with あ.