Japanese

Noun

濁点 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 濁點, hiragana だくてん, romaji dakuten)

1. voicing mark: the mark added to か ‎(ka) to produce が ‎(ga).

Synonyms

• 濁 (にご)り ‎(nigori), 濁 (にご)り点 (てん) ‎(nigoriten)
• 点々 (てんてん) ‎(tenten), ちょんちょん ‎(chonchon) (colloquial)

See also

• 半濁点 (はんだくてん) ‎(handakuten)

References

1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. 1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3