handakuten
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Japanese 半濁点 (はんだくてん, handakuten), from Middle Chinese 半 (pàn, “half”) + 濁 (ɖæwk, “muddy, voiced”) + 點 (tém, “mark, spot”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]handakuten (plural handakuten)
- A semi-voiced diacritic (゜) used with Japanese kana to change a /h/ to a /p/.
- Synonym: (colloquial) maru
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[edit]Japanese semi-voiced mark
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Japanese
[edit]Romanization
[edit]handakuten
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