dakuten
Meanings
noun
- A diacritic (゛) used with Japanese kana to mark a consonant as voiced.
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From Japanese 濁点(だくてん) (dakuten), from Middle Chinese 濁 (ɖæwk, “voiced, turbid”) + 點 (tém, “dot, mark”).
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