Is there a particular name for the rows and columns of the hiragana/katakana charts?


When i see Hiragana/Katakana Charts i see them always take a form similar to
this

[![hiragana
chart](https://i.stack.imgur.com/iTfQX.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/iTfQX.png)

i see a logical pattern here (except for ん but it's a one off). i am wondering
is there a particular name for the rows and columns of the hiragana/katakana
charts? ie. row = あ, か, さ etc, column = か, き, く etc.




The columns (or rows) that have the same initial consonant are labeled as the
first item in that column (consonant + a) followed by [行]{ぎょう}. Examples of
such are あ行, か行, さ行, た行, etc.

The rows (or columns) that have the same vowel sound are labeled with that
vowel in hiragana (あ, い, う, え, or お) followed by [段]{だん}. Thus, the five rows
are labeled as あ段, い段, う段, え段, and お段.

One exception for both of these is ん; it's just its own thing.

The chart on [this Wiki
page](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B9%B3%E4%BB%AE%E5%90%8D) illustrates
better what I'm talking about.




The columns (or rows) that have the same initial consonant are labeled as the
first item in that column (consonant + a) followed by [行]{ぎょう}. Examples of
such are あ行, か行, さ行, た行, etc.

The rows (or columns) that have the same vowel sound are labeled with that
vowel in hiragana (あ, い, う, え, or お) followed by [段]{だん}. Thus, the five rows
are labeled as あ段, い段, う段, え段, and お段.

One exception for both of these is ん; it's just its own thing.

The chart on [this Wiki
page](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B9%B3%E4%BB%AE%E5%90%8D) illustrates
better what I'm talking about.

