Dakuten and handakuten

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The dakuten (Japanese: 濁点; Japanese pronunciation: [dä̀.kɯ̥̈.té̞ɴ̀, -.té̞ɴ́],) voicing mark, lit. 'muddying mark', colloquially ten-ten (点々, 'dots'), is a diacritic most often used in the Japanese kana syllabaries to indicate that the consonant of a mora should be pronounced as voiced — for instance, on sounds that have undergone rendaku (sequential voicing). The handakuten (半濁点; [hä̀ń.dä́.kɯ̥̈.tè̞ɴ̀, hä́ń.-], lit. 'semi-muddying mark'), colloquially maru (丸, 'circle'), is a diacritic used with kana for moras pronounced with /h/ or /f/ to indicate that they should instead be pronounced with /p/.

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