dakuten

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdækuˌtɛn/, /ˈdɑː-/

Noun

dakuten (plural dakuten)

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

Related terms

handakuten (maru)

Translations

Japanese voicing mark

Chinese:
Mandarin: 濁音點, 浊音点 (zhuóyīndiǎn), 濁點 (zh), 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, 点々 (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 (takjeom) (濁點)
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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