handakuten
Meanings
noun
- A semi-voiced diacritic (゜) used with Japanese kana to change a /h/ to a /p/.
Pronunciation
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Etymology
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”).
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