濁点

See also: 濁點

Japanese

Kanji in this term
濁 点
だく
Grade: S 		てん
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
濁點 (kyūjitai)
Examples (voicing)

か (ka) (voiceless onset /k/) + ゛ → が (ga) (voiced onset /ɡ/)
は (ha) (voiceless onset /h/) + ゛ → ば (ba) (voiced onset /b/)
フ (fu) (voiceless onset /h/ [ɸ]) + ゛ → ブ (bu) (voiced onset /b/)
ウ (u) + ゛ → ヴ (vu) (voiced onset /v/)

Examples (guttural tone)

あ゙あ゙あ゙あ゙あ゙あ゙!!! (“Gaaaaaargh!!!”)
ん゙？ (“Hmm?”)

Etymology

濁 (daku, “muddy; voiced”) +‎ 点 (ten, “dot”)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) だくてん [dàkútéꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • (Tokyo) だくてん [dàkútéń] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [da̠kɯ̟̊tẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

濁(だく)点(てん) • (dakuten) 

  1. a voicing diacritical mark, such as ゛ on が, used to:
    1. derive the kana for a voiced-onsetted mora from the kana for a base voiceless-onsetted mora;
    2. (informal) orthographically convey a guttural tone, such as that of a cry or scream
    Synonyms: 濁音符 (dakuonpu), 点々 (tenten), ちょんちょん (chonchon)

See also

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