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dakuten

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈdækuˌtɛn/
  • /ˈdɑːkuˌtɛn/

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tenten, nigori

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 濁音點 /浊音点 (zhuóyīndiǎn) — Japanese voicing mark
  • Chinese Mandarin: 濁點 /浊点 (zhuódiǎn) — Japanese voicing mark
  • Chinese Mandarin: 濁音符號 /浊音符号 (zhuóyīn fúhào) — Japanese voicing mark
  • Hebrew: דָקוּטֶן (dákuten) — Japanese voicing mark
  • Hebrew: טֶן־טֶן (ten-tén) — Japanese voicing mark
  • Japanese: 濁点 (dakuten) — Japanese voicing mark
  • Japanese: 濁り (nigori) — Japanese voicing mark
  • Japanese: 点点 — Japanese voicing mark
  • Japanese: 点々 (tenten) — Japanese voicing mark
  • Japanese: 濁り点 (nigori-ten) — Japanese voicing mark
  • Japanese: ちょんちょん (chonchon) — Japanese voicing mark
  • Korean: 탁점 (takjeom) — Japanese voicing mark
  • Russian: дакутэ́н (dakutɛ́n) — Japanese voicing mark
  • Russian: ниго́ри (nigóri) — Japanese voicing mark
  • Russian: тэнтэ́н (tɛntɛ́n) — Japanese voicing mark