handakuten

English

Etymology

From Japanese 半濁点 (はんだくてん, handakuten), from Middle Chinese 半 (pàn, “half”) + 濁 (ɖæwk, “muddy, voiced”) + 點 (tém, “mark, spot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hænˈdæ.kuˌtɛn/, /hɑːnˈdɑː.kuˌtɛn/

Noun

handakuten (plural handakuten)

1. A semi-voiced diacritic (゜) used with Japanese kana to change a /h/ to a /p/.

   Synonym: (colloquial) maru

Related terms

• dakuten, tenten

Translations

Japanese semi-voiced mark

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 半濁點／半浊点 (bànzhuódiǎn)

• Hebrew: האָנדָקוּטֶן‎ m (handákuten)
• Japanese: 半濁点 (ja) (はんだくてん, handakuten), 丸 (ja) (まる, maru), 半濁り (はんにごり, hannigori)
• Korean: 반탁점(半濁點) (bantakjeom)
• Russian: хандакутэ́н m (xandakutɛ́n), ма́ру f or n (máru), мару́ f or n (marú), ханниго́ри f or n (xannigóri)

Japanese

Romanization

handakuten

1. Rōmaji transcription of はんだくてん