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