濁点(だくてん)

だくてん
noun
dakuten; voicing mark
languagegrammar
1. dakuten; voicing mark
The pair of small strokes written at the upper right of a kana to mark a voiced consonant, as in が, ざ, だ, and ば.
「か」に濁点(だくてん)をつけると「が」になる。
Adding a dakuten to "ka" makes "ga."
子(こ)どもは濁点(だくてん)のある字(じ)を読(よ)み間違(まちが)えやすい。
Children easily misread characters that have a dakuten.
濁点(だくてん)は清音(せいおん)を濁音(だくおん)に変(か)える記号(きごう)で、かなの右上(みぎうえ)に小(ちい)さく書(か)く。
The dakuten is a mark that turns a voiceless sound into a voiced one, written small at the upper right of a kana.

The voicing mark written at the upper right of a kana to indicate a voiced consonant: か becomes が, さ becomes ざ, た becomes だ, は becomes ば. Colloquially called 点々(てんてん).

Common collocations

  • 濁点(だくてん)をつける: to add a dakuten
  • 濁点(だくてん)をとる: to remove a dakuten
  • 濁点(だくてん)つきの字(じ): a character with a dakuten

Similar words

  • 半濁点(はんだくてん): handakuten — the small circle that turns は into ぱ
  • 濁音(だくおん): voiced sound — the voiced syllable itself, the result of adding a 濁点(だくてん)

Related Words

Compare: 濁音(だくおん) (voiced sound)
Related: 濁(にご)る (to become muddy, to become cloudy)
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Added 2026.5.19 13:03 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02
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