dakuten

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdækuˌtɛn/, /ˈdɑːkuˌtɛn/

Noun

dakuten (plural dakuten)

1. A diacritic (゛) used with Japanese kana to mark a consonant as voiced.

   Synonyms: tenten, (colloquial) nigori

   Coordinate terms: handakuten, maru

Translations

Japanese voicing mark

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 濁音點 / 浊音点 (zhuóyīndiǎn), 濁點 / 浊点 (zh) (zhuódiǎn), 濁音符號 / 浊音符号 (zhuóyīn fúhào)

• Hebrew: דָקוּטֶן m (dákuten), טֶן-טֶן m (ten-tén)
• Japanese: 濁点 (ja) (だくてん, dakuten), 濁り (ja) (にごり, nigori), 点点 (ja), 点々 (ja) (てんてん, tenten), 濁り点 (にごりてん, nigori-ten), (colloquial) ちょんちょん (chonchon)
• Korean: 탁점(濁點) (takjeom)
• Russian: дакутэ́н (ru) m (dakutɛ́n), ниго́ри (ru) f or n (nigóri), тэнтэ́н m (tɛntɛ́n)

Japanese

Romanization

dakuten

1. Rōmaji transcription of だくてん