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dakuten.

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

7 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈdækuˌtɛn//ˈdɑːkuˌtɛn/
  1. A diacritic (゛) used with Japanese kana to mark a consonant as voiced.

Where this word comes from

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

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.