濁 音(だくおん)

だくおん

noun

voiced sound; voiced kana

1. voiced sound; voiced kana

A Japanese syllable produced with vocal cord vibration, indicated by the dakuten (゛) diacritical mark. For example, か→が, さ→ざ, た→だ, は→ば. One of the fundamental concepts in Japanese phonology.

「が」は「か」の濁音(だくおん)だ。

'Ga' is the voiced form of 'ka.'

濁音(だくおん)の発音(はつおん)を練習(れんしゅう)しましょう。

Let's practice pronouncing voiced sounds.

日本語(にほんご)の濁音(だくおん)には「が行(ぎょう)」「ざ行(ぎょう)」「だ行(ぎょう)」「ば行(ぎょう)」の四(よん)つの行(ぎょう)がある。

Japanese voiced sounds include four rows: the ga-row, za-row, da-row, and ba-row.

Compound of 濁(だく) (muddied, voiced) + 音(おん) (sound). The 濁点(だくてん) (゛) mark added to kana to indicate voicing is sometimes called "点々(てんてん)" (dots) in casual speech.

Common collocations

濁音(だくおん)を付(つ)ける — to add voicing
濁音(だくおん)の発音(はつおん) — pronunciation of voiced sounds
濁音(だくおん)記号(きごう) — voicing mark (dakuten)

Related words

清音(せいおん) — voiceless sound (unvoiced kana, e.g., か, さ, た)
半濁音(はんだくおん) — half-voiced sound (ぱ, ぴ, ぷ, ぺ, ぽ)
濁点(だくてん) — dakuten, the ゛ mark
半濁点(はんだくてん) — handakuten, the ゜ mark
連濁(れんだく) — sequential voicing (voicing at compound boundaries)

Related Words

Related: 清音(せいおん) (voiceless sound)

Related: 濁点(だくてん) (dakuten, mark)

Related: 濁(にご)る (to become muddy, to become cloudy)

Compare: 有声音(ゆうせいおん) (voiced sound)

Compare: 無声音(むせいおん) (voiceless sound)

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Added 2026.3.25 13:48 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:01

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