濁点

See also: 濁點

Japanese

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)

Examples (guttural tone)
あ゙あ゙あ゙あ゙あ゙あ゙!!! (“Gaaaaaargh!!!”) ん゙？ (“Hmm?”)

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

On’yomi: Goon
- (Tokyo) だくてん [dàkútéꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
- (Tokyo) だくてん [dàkútéń] (Heiban – [0])
- IPA^(key): [da̠kɯ̟̊ᵝtẽ̞ɴ]

濁点 (hiragana だくてん, rōmaji dakuten)

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. or informally, orthographically convey a guttural tone, such as that of a cry or scream
Synonyms: 点々 (tenten), ちょんちょん (chonchon)

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