"濁点" meaning in Japanese

See 濁点 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [da̠kɯ̟̊tẽ̞ɴ] Forms: 濁点 [canonical] (ruby: (だく), (てん)), dakuten [romanization]
Etymology: 濁 (daku, “muddy; voiced”) + 点 (ten, “dot”) Etymology templates: {{af|ja|濁|点|t1=muddy; voiced|t2=dot|tr1=daku|tr2=ten}} 濁 (daku, “muddy; voiced”) + 点 (ten, “dot”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|だくてん}} 濁(だく)点(てん) • (dakuten)
  1. a voicing diacritical mark, such as ゛ on が, used to:
    derive the kana for a voiced-onsetted mora from the kana for a base voiceless-onsetted mora;
    Synonyms: 濁音符, 点々, ちょんちょん
    Sense id: en-濁点-ja-noun-h2r8bcEW Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Diacritical marks Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 61 39 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 67 33 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 72 28 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Diacritical marks: 50 50
  2. a voicing diacritical mark, such as ゛ on が, used to:
    (informal) orthographically convey a guttural tone, such as that of a cry or scream
    Tags: informal Synonyms: 濁音符, 点々, ちょんちょん
    Sense id: en-濁点-ja-noun-Bsjz~NPr Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Diacritical marks Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Diacritical marks: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 半濁点 (handakuten) (ruby: (はん), (だく), (てん)), 濁音 (dakuon) (ruby: (だく), (おん))

Inflected forms

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        "2": "濁",
        "3": "点",
        "t1": "muddy; voiced",
        "t2": "dot",
        "tr1": "daku",
        "tr2": "ten"
      },
      "expansion": "濁 (daku, “muddy; voiced”) + 点 (ten, “dot”)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "濁 (daku, “muddy; voiced”) + 点 (ten, “dot”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "濁点",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "濁",
          "だく"
        ],
        [
          "点",
          "てん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dakuten",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "だくてん"
      },
      "expansion": "濁(だく)点(てん) • (dakuten)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "handakuten",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "半",
          "はん"
        ],
        [
          "濁",
          "だく"
        ],
        [
          "点",
          "てん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "半濁点"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "dakuon",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "濁",
          "だく"
        ],
        [
          "音",
          "おん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "濁音"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
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          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "61 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "67 33",
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          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "72 28",
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          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "63 37",
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          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
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          "orig": "ja:Diacritical marks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a voicing diacritical mark, such as ゛ on が, used to:",
        "derive the kana for a voiced-onsetted mora from the kana for a base voiceless-onsetted mora;"
      ],
      "id": "en-濁点-ja-noun-h2r8bcEW",
      "links": [
        [
          "voicing",
          "voicing"
        ],
        [
          "diacritical mark",
          "diacritical mark"
        ],
        [
          "゛",
          "゛#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "が",
          "が#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "kana",
          "kana"
        ],
        [
          "voiced",
          "voiced"
        ],
        [
          "onset",
          "onset"
        ],
        [
          "mora",
          "mora"
        ],
        [
          "voiceless",
          "voiceless"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "濁音符"
        },
        {
          "word": "点々"
        },
        {
          "word": "ちょんちょん"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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          "_dis": "52 48",
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          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Diacritical marks",
          "orig": "ja:Diacritical marks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a voicing diacritical mark, such as ゛ on が, used to:",
        "orthographically convey a guttural tone, such as that of a cry or scream"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
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        ],
        [
          "diacritical mark",
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        ],
        [
          "゛",
          "゛#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "が",
          "が#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "orthographic",
          "orthographic"
        ],
        [
          "convey",
          "convey"
        ],
        [
          "guttural",
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        ],
        [
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        ],
        [
          "cry",
          "cry"
        ],
        [
          "scream",
          "scream"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "a voicing diacritical mark, such as ゛ on が, used to:",
        "(informal) orthographically convey a guttural tone, such as that of a cry or scream"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "濁音符"
        },
        {
          "word": "点々"
        },
        {
          "word": "ちょんちょん"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "だくてん"
    },
    {
      "other": "だくてん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[da̠kɯ̟̊tẽ̞ɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "ja:濁点"
  ],
  "word": "濁点"
}
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    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ja:Diacritical marks"
  ],
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        "t2": "dot",
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        "tr2": "ten"
      },
      "expansion": "濁 (daku, “muddy; voiced”) + 点 (ten, “dot”)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "濁 (daku, “muddy; voiced”) + 点 (ten, “dot”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "濁点",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "濁",
          "だく"
        ],
        [
          "点",
          "てん"
        ]
      ],
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        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dakuten",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
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      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
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        [
          "半",
          "はん"
        ],
        [
          "濁",
          "だく"
        ],
        [
          "点",
          "てん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "半濁点"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dakuon",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "濁",
          "だく"
        ],
        [
          "音",
          "おん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "濁音"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a voicing diacritical mark, such as ゛ on が, used to:",
        "derive the kana for a voiced-onsetted mora from the kana for a base voiceless-onsetted mora;"
      ],
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        [
          "voicing",
          "voicing"
        ],
        [
          "diacritical mark",
          "diacritical mark"
        ],
        [
          "゛",
          "゛#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "が",
          "が#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "kana",
          "kana"
        ],
        [
          "voiced",
          "voiced"
        ],
        [
          "onset",
          "onset"
        ],
        [
          "mora",
          "mora"
        ],
        [
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          "voiceless"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "濁音符"
        },
        {
          "word": "点々"
        },
        {
          "word": "ちょんちょん"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese informal terms"
      ],
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        "a voicing diacritical mark, such as ゛ on が, used to:",
        "orthographically convey a guttural tone, such as that of a cry or scream"
      ],
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        [
          "voicing",
          "voicing"
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        [
          "diacritical mark",
          "diacritical mark"
        ],
        [
          "゛",
          "゛#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "が",
          "が#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "orthographic",
          "orthographic"
        ],
        [
          "convey",
          "convey"
        ],
        [
          "guttural",
          "guttural"
        ],
        [
          "tone",
          "tone"
        ],
        [
          "cry",
          "cry"
        ],
        [
          "scream",
          "scream"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "a voicing diacritical mark, such as ゛ on が, used to:",
        "(informal) orthographically convey a guttural tone, such as that of a cry or scream"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "濁音符"
        },
        {
          "word": "点々"
        },
        {
          "word": "ちょんちょん"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "だくてん"
    },
    {
      "other": "だくてん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[da̠kɯ̟̊tẽ̞ɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "ja:濁点"
  ],
  "word": "濁点"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 濁点 meaning in Japanese (2.7kB)

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