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：2026/06/13
゜
Onyomi
None
Kunyomi
はんだくてん
Character
diacritic
Very Easy Japanese
はんだくてんは、かなのはひふへほをぱぴぷぺぽにするしるし。たまに、かのきくけこにつけて、んをふくむおとにする。
Japanese Meaning
半濁点（はんだくてん）。仮名に付いて発音を変化させる記号。
Sense（1）
The handakuten, which indicates that a kana with an initial of h- should be pronounced with p- (i.e. ha with a handakuten is pronounced as pa). It is also sometimes used with k- kana to indicate ng- (a phoneme that is usually an allophone of /g/).
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The handakuten, which indicates that a kana with an initial of h- should be pronounced with p- (i.e. ha with a handakuten is pronounced as pa). It is also sometimes used with k- kana to indicate ng- (a phoneme that is usually an allophone of /g/).
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゜
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The character 'ぽ' has a handakuten.
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