dakuten

English

Etymology

From Japanese 濁点 (dakuten), from Middle Chinese 濁 (ɖæwk, “voiced, turbid”) + 點 (tém, “dot, mark”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdækuˌtɛn/, /ˈdɑːkuˌtɛn/

Noun

dakuten (plural dakuten)

A diacritic (゛) used with Japanese kana to mark a consonant as voiced.
Synonyms: tenten, (colloquial) nigori

Related terms

handakuten (maru)

Translations

Japanese voicing mark

Chinese:
Mandarin: 濁音點／浊音点 (zhuóyīndiǎn), 濁點／浊点 (zh) (zhuódiǎn), 濁音符號／浊音符号 (zhuóyīn fúhào)
Hebrew: דָקוּטֶן m (dákuten), טֶן-טֶן m (ten-tén)
Japanese: 濁点 (ja) (だくてん, dakuten), 濁り (ja) (にごり, nigori), 点点 (ja), 点々 (ja) (てんてん, tenten), 濁り点 (にごりてん, nigori-ten), (colloquial) ちょんちょん (chonchon)
Korean: 탁점(濁點) (takjeom)
Russian: дакутэ́н (ru) m (dakutɛ́n), ниго́ри (ru) f or n (nigóri), тэнтэ́н m (tɛntɛ́n)

Japanese

Romanization

dakuten

Rōmaji transcription of だくてん

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