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handakuten
- /hænˈdæ.kuˌtɛn/
- /hɑːnˈdɑː.kuˌtɛn/
Where it comes from
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”).
noun handakuten
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A semi-voiced diacritic (゜) used with Japanese kana to change a /h/ to a /p/.
Similar: maru
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noun Japanese semi-voiced mark
| 한국어 | 반탁점 bantakjeom |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 半濁点 handakuten, 丸 maru, 半濁り hannigori |
| 中文 | 半濁點 /半浊点 bànzhuódiǎn |
| Français | handakuten |
| Ελληνικά | χαντακουτέν chantakoutén, μάρου márou, μαρού maroú |
| Русский | хандакутэ́н xandakutɛ́n, ма́ру máru, мару́ marú, ханниго́ри xannigóri |
| עברית | האָנדָקוּטֶן handákuten |
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@misc{handakuten_2026,
title = {handakuten},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/handakuten},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
