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Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ja

Etymology

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The character with a handakuten.

Pronunciation

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Syllable

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け゚ (nge

  1. (nonstandard, linguistics) The hiragana syllable け゚ (nge). Its equivalent in katakana is ケ゚ (nge).

Usage notes

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[ŋ] is an allophonic variation of /ɡ/ in Japanese; this phenomenon is known as ()(だく)(おん) (bidakuon, nasal voiced sound). This character is not used in standard Japanese, but instead for distinction between the two allophonic variations by Japanese linguists.

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