半 濁 点(はんだくてん)

はんだくてん

noun

handakuten; the ゜ mark (ぱ, ぴ)

1. handakuten; the small circle ゜

The small circle written at the upper right of a kana in the は row to show a p sound: は becomes ぱ, ひ becomes ぴ, and so on.

半濁点(はんだくてん)をつける。

To add the handakuten.

「は」に半濁点(はんだくてん)をつけると「ぱ」になる。

Adding a handakuten to は gives ぱ.

子(こ)どもは濁点(だくてん)と半濁点(はんだくてん)をよく書(か)き間違(まちが)える。

Children often mix up the dakuten and the handakuten.

Also called 丸(まる) informally ("put a circle on it"). Only the five は-row kana take it: ぱぴぷぺぽ (パピプペポ in katakana); the sounds they write are 半濁音(はんだくおん).

Similar words

濁点(だくてん): dakuten, the two-stroke mark ゛ for voiced sounds (が, ば) — popularly てんてん
半濁音(はんだくおん): the p sounds themselves

Related Words

Compare: 半濁音(はんだくおん) (the p sounds themselves)

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Added 2026.10.16 9:24 · Revised 2026.10.16 9:26

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