だくてん

Japanese

Noun

だくてん • (dakuten) 

1. 濁点: 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 the guttural tone of a cry or scream