半濁点

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See also: 半濁點

Japanese

Kanji in this term
半 濁 点
はん
Grade: 2 		だく
Grade: S 		てん
Grade: 2
goon
Alternative spelling
半濁點 (kyūjitai)
 半濁点 on Japanese Wikipedia
Examples (/p/ deriving)

は (ha) (onset /h/) + ゜ → ぱ (pa) (onset /p/)
フ (fu) (onset /h/ ) + ゜ → プ (pu) (onset /p/)

Examples ( denoting)

Standard forms given to the left of the arrows; pronunciation dictionary forms given to their right:
グラス (gurasu) → グラス (word-initially unchanged)
バッグ (baggu) → バッグ (word-medially unchanged due to the devoicing effect of gemination)
カグラ (kagura) → カク゚ラ (word-medially changed with ゜ used in place of ゛)
キング (kingu) → キンク゚ (word-medially changed with ゜ used in place of ゛)

Etymology

半 (han-, “half-; semi-”) +‎ 濁点 (dakuten)

Pronunciation

Noun

半(はん)濁(だく)点(てん) • (handakuten) 

  1. a diacritical mark, such as ゜ on ぱ, used to:
    1. derive the kana for a mora onsetted with /p/ from the kana for a mora onsetted with /h/
    2. orthographically phonetically denote , a realization of /ɡ/ especially occurring word-medially, instead of the standard dakuten ゛, chiefly in pronunciation dictionaries
    Synonyms: 半濁音符 (handakuonpu), 丸 (maru)

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