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Japanese
| Alternative spelling
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| 濁點 (kyūjitai)
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| Examples (voicing)
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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/ ) + ゛ → ブ (bu) (voiced onset /b/)
ウ (u) + ゛ → ヴ (vu) (voiced onset /v/)
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| Examples (guttural tone)
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あ゙あ゙あ゙あ゙あ゙あ゙!!! (“Gaaaaaargh!!!”)
ん゙？ (“Hmm?”)
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Etymology
濁 (daku, “muddy; voiced”) + 点 (ten, “dot”)
Pronunciation
Noun
濁点 • (dakuten)
- a voicing diacritical mark, such as ゛ on が, used to:
- derive the kana for a voiced-onsetted mora from the kana for a base voiceless-onsetted mora;
- (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)
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