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

• 半(はん)濁(だく)点(てん) (handakuten)
• 濁(だく)音(おん) (dakuon)

References

• “濁点”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026