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dakuten

/ˈdækuˌtɛn/
/ˈdɑːkuˌtɛn/

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From Japanese 濁点(だくてん) (dakuten), from Middle Chinese 濁 (ɖæwk, “voiced, turbid”) + 點 (tém, “dot, mark”).

noun dakuten

A diacritic (゛) used with Japanese kana to mark a consonant as voiced.
Similar: tenten, nigori

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noun Japanese voicing mark

한국어	탁점 takjeom
日本語	濁点 dakuten, 濁り nigori, 点点, 点々 tenten, 濁り点 nigori-ten, ちょんちょん chonchon
中文	濁音點 /浊音点 zhuóyīndiǎn, 濁點 /浊点 zhuódiǎn, 濁音符號 /浊音符号 zhuóyīn fúhào
Русский	дакутэ́н dakutɛ́n, ниго́ри nigóri, тэнтэ́н tɛntɛ́n
עברית	דָקוּטֶן dákuten, טֶן־טֶן ten-tén

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@misc{dakuten_2026,
  title = {dakuten},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dakuten},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}