"dakuten" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdækuˌtɛn/, /ˈdɑːkuˌtɛn/ Forms: dakuten [plural]
Etymology: From Japanese 濁点(だくてん) (dakuten), from Middle Chinese 濁 (ɖæwk, “voiced, turbid”) + 點 (tém, “dot, mark”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|-}} Japanese, {{ja-r|濁点|だくてん}} 濁点(だくてん) (dakuten), {{der|en|ltc|濁||voiced, turbid|tr=ɖæwk}} Middle Chinese 濁 (ɖæwk, “voiced, turbid”) Head templates: {{en-noun|dakuten}} dakuten (plural dakuten)
  1. A diacritic (゛) used with Japanese kana to mark a consonant as voiced. Wikipedia link: dakuten Categories (topical): Diacritical marks, Orthography Synonyms: tenten, nigori [colloquial] Translations (Japanese voicing mark): 濁音點 /浊音点 (zhuóyīndiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 濁點 /浊点 (zhuódiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 濁音符號 /浊音符号 (zhuóyīn fúhào) (Chinese Mandarin), דָקוּטֶן (dákuten) [masculine] (Hebrew), טֶן-טֶן (ten-tén) [masculine] (Hebrew), 濁点 (dakuten) (alt: だくてん) (Japanese), 濁り (nigori) (alt: にごり) (Japanese), 点点 (Japanese), 点々 (tenten) (alt: てんてん) (Japanese), 濁り点 (nigori-ten) (alt: にごりてん) (Japanese), ちょんちょん (chonchon) [colloquial] (Japanese), 탁점 (takjeom) (alt: 濁點) (Korean), дакутэ́н (dakutɛ́n) [masculine] (Russian), ниго́ри (nigóri) [feminine, neuter] (Russian), тэнтэ́н (tɛntɛ́n) [masculine] (Russian)
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      "roman": "dakutɛ́n",
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